diff --git a/tests/comparisonTest/cassandra/cassandratest/pom.xml b/tests/comparisonTest/cassandra/cassandratest/pom.xml
index 01667ff53a..8eeb5c3aa0 100644
--- a/tests/comparisonTest/cassandra/cassandratest/pom.xml
+++ b/tests/comparisonTest/cassandra/cassandratest/pom.xml
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>commons-io</groupId>
       <artifactId>commons-io</artifactId>
-      <version>2.4</version>
+      <version>2.7</version>
     </dependency>
 
     <dependency>