diff --git a/sitebricks-persist-sql/pom.xml b/sitebricks-persist-sql/pom.xml
index 3438ea74..b03c6a70 100644
--- a/sitebricks-persist-sql/pom.xml
+++ b/sitebricks-persist-sql/pom.xml
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>commons-io</groupId>
       <artifactId>commons-io</artifactId>
-      <version>2.1</version>
+      <version>2.7</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>