diff --git a/knative-build/runtimes/java/WhiskSim/pom.xml b/knative-build/runtimes/java/WhiskSim/pom.xml
index a2033b8a..5779a6e8 100644
--- a/knative-build/runtimes/java/WhiskSim/pom.xml
+++ b/knative-build/runtimes/java/WhiskSim/pom.xml
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>commons-io</groupId>
       <artifactId>commons-io</artifactId>
-      <version>2.6</version>
+      <version>2.7</version>
     </dependency>
 
   </dependencies>