diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index a0639e3a79..98597f7245 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -208,7 +208,7 @@
       <dependency>
         <groupId>commons-io</groupId>
         <artifactId>commons-io</artifactId>
-        <version>2.17.0</version>
+        <version>2.18.0</version>
       </dependency>
       <!-- only needed to build Tobago and for some examples, but not for runtime -->
       <dependency>