diff --git a/emma-gui/pom.xml b/emma-gui/pom.xml
index b9a563b4b..6aa445a13 100644
--- a/emma-gui/pom.xml
+++ b/emma-gui/pom.xml
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>commons-io</groupId>
             <artifactId>commons-io</artifactId>
-            <version>2.1</version>
+            <version>2.7</version>
         </dependency>
 
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