diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 06cddae3..4d704087 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -148,7 +148,7 @@
     <!--Internally we use a different version of protobuf. See hbase-protocol-shaded-->
     <external.protobuf.version>2.5.0</external.protobuf.version>
     <protobuf.plugin.version>0.5.0</protobuf.plugin.version>
-    <commons-io.version>2.8.0</commons-io.version>
+    <commons-io.version>2.11.0</commons-io.version>
     <avro.version>1.7.7</avro.version>
     <commons-lang3.version>3.6</commons-lang3.version>
     <!--This property is for hadoops netty. HBase netty