diff --git a/bom/build.gradle b/bom/build.gradle
index b3ea781fd64..150b87c0d83 100644
--- a/bom/build.gradle
+++ b/bom/build.gradle
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ ext {
     commonsconfiguration2Version = '2.10.1'
     commonsconfigurationVersion = '1.10'
 
-    commonsioVersion = '2.18.0'
+    commonsioVersion = '2.21.0'
     commonsloggingVersion = '1.3.2'
     // TODO: Version 1.12.0 breaks XTDB because of a change in lucene's library names
     commonstextVersion = '1.11.0'