diff --git a/termux-shared/build.gradle b/termux-shared/build.gradle
index 30e9536282..a66f87757c 100644
--- a/termux-shared/build.gradle
+++ b/termux-shared/build.gradle
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ android {
         // Do not increment version higher than 2.5 or there
         // will be runtime exceptions on android < 8
         // due to missing classes like java.nio.file.Path.
-        implementation "commons-io:commons-io:2.5"
+        implementation "commons-io:commons-io:2.14.0"
 
         implementation project(":terminal-view")