diff --git a/cloud-spanner-r2dbc-samples/cloud-spanner-r2dbc-sample/pom.xml b/cloud-spanner-r2dbc-samples/cloud-spanner-r2dbc-sample/pom.xml
index 90e7af45..63801643 100644
--- a/cloud-spanner-r2dbc-samples/cloud-spanner-r2dbc-sample/pom.xml
+++ b/cloud-spanner-r2dbc-samples/cloud-spanner-r2dbc-sample/pom.xml
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
   <name>Google Cloud Spanner R2DBC Sample via direct SPI</name>
 
   <properties>
-    <apache-commons-io.version>2.15.0</apache-commons-io.version>
+    <apache-commons-io.version>2.18.0</apache-commons-io.version>
     <apache-commons-lang.version>3.13.0</apache-commons-lang.version>
   </properties>