diff --git a/SBOLCanvasBackend/pom.xml b/SBOLCanvasBackend/pom.xml
index 864b961d..5e718d9d 100644
--- a/SBOLCanvasBackend/pom.xml
+++ b/SBOLCanvasBackend/pom.xml
@@ -154,7 +154,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>commons-io</groupId>
       <artifactId>commons-io</artifactId>
-      <version>2.5</version>
+      <version>2.14.0</version>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>commons-logging</groupId>