diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index b1e0171a..2696f37f 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ dependencies {
 	implementation 'org.eclipse.jgit:org.eclipse.jgit.archive:6.8.0.202311291450-r'
 	implementation 'org.eclipse.jgit:org.eclipse.jgit.ssh.jsch:6.8.0.202311291450-r'
 	implementation 'org.eclipse.jgit:org.eclipse.jgit.ssh.apache:6.8.0.202311291450-r'
-	implementation 'commons-io:commons-io:2.15.1'
+	implementation 'commons-io:commons-io:2.16.1'
 	implementation 'org.slf4j:slf4j-simple:2.0.10'
 
     // optional dependency of commons-compress which is needed by JGit
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index ba86137b..0934ff1c 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@
     <dependency>
         <groupId>commons-io</groupId>
         <artifactId>commons-io</artifactId>
-        <version>2.15.1</version>
+        <version>2.16.0</version>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
         <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>