diff --git a/core-services/egov-otp/pom.xml b/core-services/egov-otp/pom.xml
index 27ca44e126b..4820258ec3a 100644
--- a/core-services/egov-otp/pom.xml
+++ b/core-services/egov-otp/pom.xml
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>commons-io</groupId>
             <artifactId>commons-io</artifactId>
-            <version>2.5</version>
+            <version>2.14.0</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>com.h2database</groupId>