diff --git a/uk.ac.kcl.inf.mdeoptimiser.infrastructure.scale/pom.xml b/uk.ac.kcl.inf.mdeoptimiser.infrastructure.scale/pom.xml
index 6b125b6..979c8ac 100644
--- a/uk.ac.kcl.inf.mdeoptimiser.infrastructure.scale/pom.xml
+++ b/uk.ac.kcl.inf.mdeoptimiser.infrastructure.scale/pom.xml
@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@
       <dependency>
           <groupId>commons-io</groupId>
           <artifactId>commons-io</artifactId>
-          <version>2.6</version>
+          <version>2.7</version>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
           <groupId>org.moeaframework</groupId>