diff --git a/.github/dependabot.yml b/.github/dependabot.yml
index 9a4fbf33391..717d6a07d56 100644
--- a/.github/dependabot.yml
+++ b/.github/dependabot.yml
@@ -9,5 +9,3 @@ updates:
       # pin ZooKeeper dependencies to 3.5.x
       - dependency-name: "org.apache.zookeeper"
         versions: "[3.6,)"
-      # Keep commons-io at 2.6 until https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/IO-741 is resolved
-      - dependency-name: "commons-io:commons-io"
diff --git a/extensions-core/protobuf-extensions/pom.xml b/extensions-core/protobuf-extensions/pom.xml
index c523ec20926..5c2ac8f7f9d 100644
--- a/extensions-core/protobuf-extensions/pom.xml
+++ b/extensions-core/protobuf-extensions/pom.xml
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@
 
   <properties>
     <confluent.version>6.0.1</confluent.version>
-    <commons-io.version>2.6</commons-io.version>
+    <commons-io.version>2.11.0</commons-io.version>
   </properties>
 
   <repositories>
diff --git a/licenses.yaml b/licenses.yaml
index 7375f5b78e5..acc6470b47d 100644
--- a/licenses.yaml
+++ b/licenses.yaml
@@ -545,13 +545,13 @@ name: Apache Commons IO
 license_category: binary
 module: java-core
 license_name: Apache License version 2.0
-version: 2.6
+version: 2.11.0
 libraries:
   - commons-io: commons-io
 notices:
   - commons-io: |
       Apache Commons IO
-      Copyright 2002-2017 The Apache Software Foundation
+      Copyright 2002-2021 The Apache Software Foundation
 
 ---
 
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 47d6e2ee563..eb066a43050 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -224,7 +224,7 @@
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>commons-io</groupId>
                 <artifactId>commons-io</artifactId>
-                <version>2.6</version>
+                <version>2.11.0</version>
             </dependency>
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>commons-logging</groupId>
diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/apache/druid/segment/realtime/firehose/InlineFirehose.java b/server/src/main/java/org/apache/druid/segment/realtime/firehose/InlineFirehose.java
index 924ee92b4cb..75897f4d8a5 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/org/apache/druid/segment/realtime/firehose/InlineFirehose.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/apache/druid/segment/realtime/firehose/InlineFirehose.java
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ public class InlineFirehose implements Firehose
   private final StringInputRowParser parser;
   private final LineIterator lineIterator;
 
-  InlineFirehose(String data, StringInputRowParser parser) throws IOException
+  InlineFirehose(String data, StringInputRowParser parser)
   {
     this.parser = parser;
 
diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/apache/druid/segment/realtime/firehose/InlineFirehoseFactory.java b/server/src/main/java/org/apache/druid/segment/realtime/firehose/InlineFirehoseFactory.java
index 7d0569fe594..f609cbe87f3 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/org/apache/druid/segment/realtime/firehose/InlineFirehoseFactory.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/apache/druid/segment/realtime/firehose/InlineFirehoseFactory.java
@@ -31,7 +31,6 @@ import org.apache.druid.data.input.impl.StringInputRowParser;
 
 import javax.annotation.Nullable;
 import java.io.File;
-import java.io.IOException;
 import java.util.Objects;
 import java.util.stream.Stream;
 
@@ -56,7 +55,7 @@ public class InlineFirehoseFactory implements FiniteFirehoseFactory<StringInputR
   }
 
   @Override
-  public Firehose connect(StringInputRowParser parser, @Nullable File temporaryDirectory) throws IOException
+  public Firehose connect(StringInputRowParser parser, @Nullable File temporaryDirectory)
   {
     return new InlineFirehose(data, parser);
   }
diff --git a/server/src/test/java/org/apache/druid/segment/loading/LocalDataSegmentPusherTest.java b/server/src/test/java/org/apache/druid/segment/loading/LocalDataSegmentPusherTest.java
index b6a0d85cc1d..5ecca15b67a 100644
--- a/server/src/test/java/org/apache/druid/segment/loading/LocalDataSegmentPusherTest.java
+++ b/server/src/test/java/org/apache/druid/segment/loading/LocalDataSegmentPusherTest.java
@@ -153,7 +153,7 @@ public class LocalDataSegmentPusherTest
   public void testPushCannotCreateDirectory() throws IOException
   {
     exception.expect(IOException.class);
-    exception.expectMessage("Unable to create directory");
+    exception.expectMessage("Cannot create directory");
     config.storageDirectory = new File(config.storageDirectory, "xxx");
     Assert.assertTrue(config.storageDirectory.mkdir());
     config.storageDirectory.setWritable(false);
diff --git a/server/src/test/java/org/apache/druid/segment/realtime/firehose/InlineFirehoseTest.java b/server/src/test/java/org/apache/druid/segment/realtime/firehose/InlineFirehoseTest.java
index 2a717c56682..590e0e3d5cd 100644
--- a/server/src/test/java/org/apache/druid/segment/realtime/firehose/InlineFirehoseTest.java
+++ b/server/src/test/java/org/apache/druid/segment/realtime/firehose/InlineFirehoseTest.java
@@ -208,12 +208,7 @@ public class InlineFirehoseTest
 
   private static InlineFirehose create(String data)
   {
-    try {
-      return new InlineFirehose(data, PARSER);
-    }
-    catch (IOException e) {
-      throw new RuntimeException(e);
-    }
+    return new InlineFirehose(data, PARSER);
   }
 
   private static void assertRowValue(String expected, InputRow row)