diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index c3d8d39c5f8..394c791c33f 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@
         <!-- dependency versions -->
         <clojure.version>1.12.3</clojure.version>
         <commons-compress.version>1.28.0</commons-compress.version>
-        <commons-io.version>2.20.0</commons-io.version>
+        <commons-io.version>2.21.0</commons-io.version>
         <commons-lang.version>2.6</commons-lang.version>
         <commons-lang3.version>3.19.0</commons-lang3.version>
         <commons-exec.version>1.5.0</commons-exec.version>