diff --git a/app/server/appsmith-server/pom.xml b/app/server/appsmith-server/pom.xml
index e50a3e0d5b0f..6aaa35893697 100644
--- a/app/server/appsmith-server/pom.xml
+++ b/app/server/appsmith-server/pom.xml
@@ -182,11 +182,6 @@
             <version>4.11.0</version>
             <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>commons-io</groupId>
-            <artifactId>commons-io</artifactId>
-            <version>2.13.0</version>
-        </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>commons-validator</groupId>
             <artifactId>commons-validator</artifactId>