diff --git a/com.microsoft.java.debug.core/pom.xml b/com.microsoft.java.debug.core/pom.xml
index 24ec1b741..e78d2a0e1 100644
--- a/com.microsoft.java.debug.core/pom.xml
+++ b/com.microsoft.java.debug.core/pom.xml
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>commons-io</groupId>
             <artifactId>commons-io</artifactId>
-            <version>2.5</version>
+            <version>2.7</version>
         </dependency>
         <!-- Dependencies for test -->
         <dependency>