diff --git a/blueprint-maven-plugin/blueprint-maven-plugin/pom.xml b/blueprint-maven-plugin/blueprint-maven-plugin/pom.xml
index e2683875f8..78b68cf1bc 100644
--- a/blueprint-maven-plugin/blueprint-maven-plugin/pom.xml
+++ b/blueprint-maven-plugin/blueprint-maven-plugin/pom.xml
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@
         <blueprint-maven-plugin-pax-cdi-handlers.version>1.0.0</blueprint-maven-plugin-pax-cdi-handlers.version>
         <blueprint-maven-plugin-spi.version>1.1.0</blueprint-maven-plugin-spi.version>
         <blueprint-maven-plugin-spring-handlers.version>1.0.0</blueprint-maven-plugin-spring-handlers.version>
-        <commons-io.version>2.20.0</commons-io.version>
+        <commons-io.version>2.21.0</commons-io.version>
         <guava.version>33.5.0-jre</guava.version>
         <jakarta.annotation-api.version>2.1.1</jakarta.annotation-api.version>
         <jakarta.enterprise.cdi-api.version>3.0.1</jakarta.enterprise.cdi-api.version>
diff --git a/proxy/proxy-impl/pom.xml b/proxy/proxy-impl/pom.xml
index 53097cf044..230da35226 100644
--- a/proxy/proxy-impl/pom.xml
+++ b/proxy/proxy-impl/pom.xml
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@
         <lastReleaseVersion>1.1.14</lastReleaseVersion>
 
         <asm.version>9.9</asm.version>
-        <commons-io.version>2.20.0</commons-io.version>
+        <commons-io.version>2.21.0</commons-io.version>
         <geronimo-j2ee-connector_1.6_spec.version>1.0</geronimo-j2ee-connector_1.6_spec.version>
         <javax.transaction-api.version>1.3</javax.transaction-api.version>
         <junit.version>4.13.2</junit.version>
diff --git a/transaction/transaction-manager/pom.xml b/transaction/transaction-manager/pom.xml
index 3bfa8de219..1f366e5cfd 100644
--- a/transaction/transaction-manager/pom.xml
+++ b/transaction/transaction-manager/pom.xml
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@
         <aries.skip.version.check>false</aries.skip.version.check>
         <maven.javadoc.failOnError>false</maven.javadoc.failOnError>
 
-        <commons-io.version>2.20.0</commons-io.version>
+        <commons-io.version>2.21.0</commons-io.version>
         <geronimo-transaction.version>3.1.4</geronimo-transaction.version>
         <howl.version>1.0.1-1</howl.version>
         <junit.version>4.13.2</junit.version>