diff --git a/fineract-provider/build.gradle b/fineract-provider/build.gradle
index 56b552130..f10c246b2 100644
--- a/fineract-provider/build.gradle
+++ b/fineract-provider/build.gradle
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ dependencyManagement {
         dependency 'com.squareup.okhttp:okhttp-urlconnection:2.7.5'
         dependency 'com.google.code.gson:gson:2.8.6'
         dependency 'org.apache.commons:commons-email:1.5'
-        dependency 'org.apache.commons:commons-io:1.3.2' // TODO FINERACT-1018
+        dependency 'commons-io:commons-io:2.7'
         dependency 'org.drizzle.jdbc:drizzle-jdbc:1.4'
         dependency 'com.github.librepdf:openpdf:1.3.17'
         dependency 'org.mnode.ical4j:ical4j:3.0.18'
diff --git a/fineract-provider/dependencies.gradle b/fineract-provider/dependencies.gradle
index 70baa9837..1de39f9ed 100644
--- a/fineract-provider/dependencies.gradle
+++ b/fineract-provider/dependencies.gradle
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ dependencies {
 
             'org.apache.commons:commons-email',
             'org.apache.commons:commons-lang3',
-            'org.apache.commons:commons-io',
+            'commons-io:commons-io',
             'org.apache.poi:poi',
             'org.apache.poi:poi-ooxml',
             'org.apache.poi:poi-ooxml-schemas',