diff --git a/sonar-ws-client/pom.xml b/sonar-ws-client/pom.xml
index 6a7317a3c..54bb1d796 100644
--- a/sonar-ws-client/pom.xml
+++ b/sonar-ws-client/pom.xml
@@ -196,7 +196,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>commons-io</groupId>
             <artifactId>commons-io</artifactId>
-            <version>2.4</version>
+            <version>2.7</version>
             <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>