diff --git a/connectionUtils/pom.xml b/connectionUtils/pom.xml
index 19eb4c9f0..1fd760e53 100644
--- a/connectionUtils/pom.xml
+++ b/connectionUtils/pom.xml
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>commons-io</groupId>
 			<artifactId>commons-io</artifactId>
-			<version>2.11.0</version>
+			<version>2.16.1</version>
 		</dependency>
 
 		<!-- License: MIT -->
diff --git a/sparqlGraphLibrary/pom.xml b/sparqlGraphLibrary/pom.xml
index 92d427b12..491801e00 100644
--- a/sparqlGraphLibrary/pom.xml
+++ b/sparqlGraphLibrary/pom.xml
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>commons-io</groupId>
 			<artifactId>commons-io</artifactId>
-			<version>2.11.0</version>
+			<version>2.16.1</version>
 		</dependency>
 
 		<!-- License: MIT -->