diff --git a/SciDB-Java/pom.xml b/SciDB-Java/pom.xml
index 53d22108..0fd6487c 100644
--- a/SciDB-Java/pom.xml
+++ b/SciDB-Java/pom.xml
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>commons-io</groupId>
 			<artifactId>commons-io</artifactId>
-			<version>2.5</version>
+			<version>2.7</version>
 		</dependency>
 		<!-- Apache Commons CSV -->
 		<dependency>