diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index 676e8b16b70..00ec29a624c 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -185,7 +185,7 @@ dependencies {
     // Image metadata extractor
     implementation "com.drewnoakes:metadata-extractor:2.19.0"
 
-    implementation "commons-io:commons-io:2.17.0"
+    implementation "commons-io:commons-io:2.18.0"
     implementation "org.springdoc:springdoc-openapi-starter-webmvc-ui:2.2.0"
     //general PDF