diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index 4a5258118a..2e2d45a83a 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -195,6 +195,7 @@ allprojects {
                     force "org.apache.logging.log4j:log4j-core:${log4j2Version}"
                     force "org.apache.logging.log4j:log4j-api:${log4j2Version}"
                     force "org.apache.logging.log4j:log4j-1.2-api:${log4j2Version}"
+                    force "org.apache.commons:commons-vfs2:${commonsVfs2Version}"
                     // force version for consistency with saml, query, LDK, and pipeline
                     force "commons-lang:commons-lang:${commonsLangVersion}"
                     // force version for consistency with workflow, api, SequenceAnalysis
diff --git a/gradle.properties b/gradle.properties
index 867cecfccd..cba52e55d3 100644
--- a/gradle.properties
+++ b/gradle.properties
@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@ commonsMath3Version=3.6.1
 commonsPoolVersion=1.6
 commonsTextVersion=1.12.0
 commonsValidatorVersion=1.9.0
-commonsVfs2Version=2.7.0
+commonsVfs2Version=2.10.0
 
 datadogVersion=1.41.1