diff --git a/metron-stellar/stellar-common/pom.xml b/metron-stellar/stellar-common/pom.xml
index 7a6c8fd2ba..1de59738fa 100644
--- a/metron-stellar/stellar-common/pom.xml
+++ b/metron-stellar/stellar-common/pom.xml
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>commons-io</groupId>
             <artifactId>commons-io</artifactId>
-            <version>2.5</version>
+            <version>2.14.0</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>commons-cli</groupId>