diff --git a/castor-maven-plugin/pom.xml b/castor-maven-plugin/pom.xml
index 7161d35..a909851 100644
--- a/castor-maven-plugin/pom.xml
+++ b/castor-maven-plugin/pom.xml
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>commons-io</groupId>
       <artifactId>commons-io</artifactId>
-      <version>1.4</version>
+      <version>2.7</version>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>fast-md5</groupId>