diff --git a/code/fact_verification/pom.xml b/code/fact_verification/pom.xml
index bdfaffc..14713ba 100644
--- a/code/fact_verification/pom.xml
+++ b/code/fact_verification/pom.xml
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>commons-io</groupId>
       <artifactId>commons-io</artifactId>
-      <version>2.4</version>
+      <version>2.7</version>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.jena</groupId>