diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index b413995..6d9a792 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -156,7 +156,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>commons-io</groupId>
       <artifactId>commons-io</artifactId>
-      <version>2.11.0</version>
+      <version>2.18.0</version>
     </dependency>
 
     <!--  openAPI needs to be updated for springBoot 3  -->