diff --git a/fj-core/pom.xml b/fj-core/pom.xml
index 0843926e..bf41ce87 100644
--- a/fj-core/pom.xml
+++ b/fj-core/pom.xml
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@
 		<dependency>
 		    <groupId>commons-io</groupId>
 		    <artifactId>commons-io</artifactId>
-		    <version>2.15.1</version>
+		    <version>2.16.0</version>
 		    <scope>test</scope>
 		</dependency>