diff --git a/stox/pom.xml b/stox/pom.xml
index 865e0e8..32eb85f 100644
--- a/stox/pom.xml
+++ b/stox/pom.xml
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
         <junit.version>4.10</junit.version>
         <commons.jxpath.version>1.3</commons.jxpath.version>
         <commons.collection.version>3.2.1</commons.collection.version>
-        <commons.io.version>2.4</commons.io.version>
+        <commons.io.version>2.7</commons.io.version>
         <netbeans.version>RELEASE82</netbeans.version>
         <brandingToken>stox</brandingToken>
         <stox.util.version>1.0.2</stox.util.version>