diff --git a/biopax-validator-web/pom.xml b/biopax-validator-web/pom.xml
index 73a27fc..e57b817 100644
--- a/biopax-validator-web/pom.xml
+++ b/biopax-validator-web/pom.xml
@@ -297,7 +297,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>commons-io</groupId>
       <artifactId>commons-io</artifactId>
-      <version>2.13.0</version>
+      <version>2.14.0</version>
     </dependency>
     <!--jackson-databind allows to use JAXB annotations for converting beans to JSON -->
     <dependency>