diff --git a/core/pom.xml b/core/pom.xml
index 3852077076678dd3016404660f5498f471154f77..0826748d84551cdff70db724610f545520cc4696 100644
--- a/core/pom.xml
+++ b/core/pom.xml
@@ -413,7 +413,7 @@ THE SOFTWARE.
     <dependency>
       <groupId>commons-io</groupId>
       <artifactId>commons-io</artifactId>
-      <version>1.3.1</version>
+      <version>1.4</version>
     </dependency>
     <dependency><!-- hudson doesn't use this directly, but some plugins wanted to use the latest -->
       <groupId>commons-lang</groupId>