Merge branch 'pr-1376'

docs/pages/release_notes.md

@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ This is a {{ site.pmd.release_type }} release.
 *   [#1368](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/pull/1368): \[doc] Updated outdated note in the building documentation. - [Maikel Steneker](https://github.com/maikelsteneker)
 *   [#1374](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/pull/1374): \[java] Simplify check for 'Test' annotation in JUnitTestsShouldIncludeAssertRule. - [Will Winder](https://github.com/winder)
 *   [#1375](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/pull/1375): \[java] Add missing null check AbstractJavaAnnotatableNode - [Will Winder](https://github.com/winder)
+*   [#1376](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/pull/1376): \[core] Upgrading Apache Commons IO from 2.4 to 2.6 - [Thunderforge](https://github.com/Thunderforge)
 
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pom.xml

@@ -815,7 +815,7 @@ Additionally it includes CPD, the copy-paste-detector. CPD finds duplicated code
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>commons-io</groupId>
                 <artifactId>commons-io</artifactId>
-                <version>2.4</version>
+                <version>2.6</version>
             </dependency>
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>org.mockito</groupId>