diff --git a/nucleus/pom.xml b/nucleus/pom.xml
index 31e8a04a4ef..9f96f2b4f62 100644
--- a/nucleus/pom.xml
+++ b/nucleus/pom.xml
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@
         <!-- GlassFish MBean Annotation Library -->
         <antlr.version>2.7.7</antlr.version>
 
-        <commons-io.version>2.17.0</commons-io.version>
+        <commons-io.version>2.18.0</commons-io.version>
 
 
         <!-- Apache Felix is an open source implementation of the OSGi Core Release 8 framework specification. -->