diff --git a/dspace-sword/dspace-sword-api/pom.xml b/dspace-sword/dspace-sword-api/pom.xml
index a02ac67..1578ee1 100644
--- a/dspace-sword/dspace-sword-api/pom.xml
+++ b/dspace-sword/dspace-sword-api/pom.xml
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>commons-io</groupId>
             <artifactId>commons-io</artifactId>
-            <version>1.3.1</version>
+            <version>2.7</version>
         </dependency>
     </dependencies>
 
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index ecaa457..806f7a2 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -613,7 +613,7 @@
          <dependency>
             <groupId>commons-io</groupId>
             <artifactId>commons-io</artifactId>
-            <version>1.4</version>
+            <version>2.7</version>
          </dependency>
          <dependency>
             <groupId>commons-lang</groupId>