diff --git a/scala-package/mxnet-demo/scala-demo/pom.xml b/scala-package/mxnet-demo/scala-demo/pom.xml
index 1d89f97655d2..70862071a2b0 100644
--- a/scala-package/mxnet-demo/scala-demo/pom.xml
+++ b/scala-package/mxnet-demo/scala-demo/pom.xml
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>commons-io</groupId>
             <artifactId>commons-io</artifactId>
-            <version>2.4</version>
+            <version>2.14.0</version>
         </dependency>
     </dependencies>