diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index ac96c9904..d170539bb 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -251,7 +251,7 @@ POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
     <dependency>
       <groupId>commons-io</groupId>
       <artifactId>commons-io</artifactId>
-      <version>2.15.0</version>
+      <version>2.7</version>
     </dependency>
     <!-- NOTE FOR DEVELOPER: To test via command-line and see all logger messages
          uncomment this, and comment out the NOP dependency to see both developer