diff --git a/backend/vkt/pom.xml b/backend/vkt/pom.xml
index efca0fe47..45d6b993e 100644
--- a/backend/vkt/pom.xml
+++ b/backend/vkt/pom.xml
@@ -44,6 +44,12 @@
       <classifier>osx-aarch_64</classifier>
       <scope>runtime</scope>
     </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>commons-io</groupId>
+      <artifactId>commons-io</artifactId>
+      <version>2.15.1</version>
+    </dependency>
+
   </dependencies>
 
 </project>