diff --git a/vespa-application-maven-plugin/pom.xml b/vespa-application-maven-plugin/pom.xml
index 362e97452569..10c494a7dd4b 100644
--- a/vespa-application-maven-plugin/pom.xml
+++ b/vespa-application-maven-plugin/pom.xml
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>commons-io</groupId>
       <artifactId>commons-io</artifactId>
-      <version>2.6</version>
+      <version>2.7</version>
     </dependency>
   </dependencies>
   <build>