diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index d188bf371f..352fc13809 100755
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -1776,10 +1776,6 @@
                         <groupId>com.github.spotbugs</groupId>
                         <artifactId>spotbugs-annotations</artifactId>
                     </exclusion>
-                    <exclusion>
-                        <groupId>commons-io</groupId>
-                        <artifactId>commons-io</artifactId>
-                    </exclusion>
                 </exclusions>
             </dependency>
             <dependency>