diff --git a/cassandra-unit/pom.xml b/cassandra-unit/pom.xml
index 9e8dc3e..70a6311 100644
--- a/cassandra-unit/pom.xml
+++ b/cassandra-unit/pom.xml
@@ -171,7 +171,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>commons-io</groupId>
             <artifactId>commons-io</artifactId>
-            <version>2.4</version>
+            <version>2.7</version>
             <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>