diff --git a/aws-lambda-node-java-starter/java-backend/pom.xml b/aws-lambda-node-java-starter/java-backend/pom.xml
index a6c6352..fce6b9b 100644
--- a/aws-lambda-node-java-starter/java-backend/pom.xml
+++ b/aws-lambda-node-java-starter/java-backend/pom.xml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>commons-io</groupId>
             <artifactId>commons-io</artifactId>
-            <version>2.8.0</version>
+            <version>2.11.0</version>
         </dependency>
     </dependencies>