diff --git a/fineract-provider/build.gradle b/fineract-provider/build.gradle
index 3c49530bc..848a60f01 100644
--- a/fineract-provider/build.gradle
+++ b/fineract-provider/build.gradle
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ dependencyManagement {
         dependency 'com.google.guava:guava:29.0-jre'
         dependency 'com.google.code.gson:gson:2.8.6'
         dependency 'org.apache.commons:commons-email:1.5'
-        dependency 'commons-io:commons-io:2.7'
+        dependency 'commons-io:commons-io:2.8.0'
         dependency 'org.drizzle.jdbc:drizzle-jdbc:1.4'
         dependency 'com.github.librepdf:openpdf:1.3.20'
         dependency 'org.mnode.ical4j:ical4j:3.0.19'