diff --git a/core-java-modules/core-java-io-apis/README.md b/core-java-modules/core-java-io-apis/README.md
index 4d2bb0afb1..9399443ebd 100644
--- a/core-java-modules/core-java-io-apis/README.md
+++ b/core-java-modules/core-java-io-apis/README.md
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ This module contains articles about core Java input/output(IO) APIs.
 - [A Guide to the Java FileReader Class](https://www.baeldung.com/java-filereader)
 - [The Java File Class](https://www.baeldung.com/java-io-file)
 - [Java FileWriter](https://www.baeldung.com/java-filewriter)
-- [Differences Between the Java WatchService API and the Apache Commons IO Monitor Library](https://www.baeldung.com/java-watchservice-vs-apache-commons-io-monitor-library)
 - [Comparing getPath(), getAbsolutePath(), and getCanonicalPath() in Java](https://www.baeldung.com/java-path)
 - [Quick Use of FilenameFilter](https://www.baeldung.com/java-filename-filter)
 - [Guide to BufferedReader](https://www.baeldung.com/java-buffered-reader)
diff --git a/libraries-apache-commons/README.md b/libraries-apache-commons/README.md
index 439587266b..aceea3282a 100644
--- a/libraries-apache-commons/README.md
+++ b/libraries-apache-commons/README.md
@@ -13,3 +13,4 @@ This module contains articles about Apache Commons libraries.
 - [Apache Commons BeanUtils](https://www.baeldung.com/apache-commons-beanutils)
 - [Histograms with Apache Commons Frequency](https://www.baeldung.com/apache-commons-frequency)
 - [An Introduction to Apache Commons Lang 3](https://www.baeldung.com/java-commons-lang-3)
+- [Differences Between the Java WatchService API and the Apache Commons IO Monitor Library](https://www.baeldung.com/java-watchservice-vs-apache-commons-io-monitor-library)
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diff --git a/libraries-apache-commons/pom.xml b/libraries-apache-commons/pom.xml
index 688a500c4a..74adddabcf 100644
--- a/libraries-apache-commons/pom.xml
+++ b/libraries-apache-commons/pom.xml
@@ -57,6 +57,11 @@
             <artifactId>xchart</artifactId>
             <version>${xchart-version}</version>
         </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>commons-io</groupId>
+            <artifactId>commons-io</artifactId>
+            <version>${common-io.version}</version>
+        </dependency>
     </dependencies>
 
     <properties>
@@ -68,6 +73,7 @@
         <commons.dbutils.version>1.6</commons.dbutils.version>
         <xchart-version>3.5.2</xchart-version>
         <common-math3.version>3.6.1</common-math3.version>
+        <common-io.version>2.5</common-io.version>
     </properties>
 
 </project>
diff --git a/core-java-modules/core-java-io-apis/src/main/java/com/baeldung/dirmonitoring/DirectoryMonitoringExample.java b/libraries-apache-commons/src/main/java/com/baeldung/dirmonitoring/DirectoryMonitoringExample.java
similarity index 100%
rename from core-java-modules/core-java-io-apis/src/main/java/com/baeldung/dirmonitoring/DirectoryMonitoringExample.java
rename to libraries-apache-commons/src/main/java/com/baeldung/dirmonitoring/DirectoryMonitoringExample.java