diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index d96c3062f..40655f37e 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
 * #412 Remove unused java sources from folders "src" and "flying-saucer-examples/nomaven" (#417)
 * #409 remove unneeded module "flying-saucer-swt-examples" (#418)
 * Bump org.apache.xmlgraphics:fop from 2.9 to 2.10 (#408)
+* Bump commons-io:commons-io from 2.11.0 to 2.17.0
 
 ## 9.9.5 (30.09.2024) - see https://github.com/flyingsaucerproject/flyingsaucer/milestone/21?closed=1
 * #392 Fix transparent background of resized base64 encoded images - thanks to @Openhelios (#393)
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 77a19cc38..f57f43529 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -29,6 +29,11 @@
         <artifactId>openpdf</artifactId>
         <version>${openpdf.version}</version>
       </dependency>
+      <dependency>
+        <groupId>commons-io</groupId>
+        <artifactId>commons-io</artifactId>
+        <version>${commons-io.version}</version>
+      </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>org.junit</groupId>
         <artifactId>junit-bom</artifactId>
@@ -289,6 +294,7 @@
   <properties>
     <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
     <openpdf.version>2.0.3</openpdf.version>
+    <commons-io.version>2.17.0</commons-io.version>
     <junit.version>5.11.3</junit.version>
     <slf4j.version>2.0.16</slf4j.version>
     <assertj.version>3.26.3</assertj.version>