diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index 33639a6c..0945ab6c 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ dependencies {
     // http client
     implementation group: 'org.apache.httpcomponents', name: 'httpclient', version: '4.5.14'
     // common file system operations
-    implementation group: 'commons-io', name: 'commons-io', version: '2.18.0'
+    implementation group: 'commons-io', name: 'commons-io', version: '2.19.0'
     // read from and write to zip files
     implementation group: 'net.lingala.zip4j', name: 'zip4j', version: '2.11.5'
     // compare json documents in tests