Error upgrading to v7.1.7 – Unable to copy files

I had the same problem when trying to manually upgrade to v7.1.4. Eventually, the automated upgrade worked. Any insight would be appreciated.

Here is the full error from the Updates page in WordPress:

An error occurred while updating Wordfence Security: The update cannot be installed because we will be unable to copy some files. This is usually due to inconsistent file permissions. css, css/fullLog.1527005958.css, css/diff.1527005958.css, css/images, css/images/ui-bg_flat_100_222_40x100.png, css/images/ui-bg_flat_100_1997c7_40x100.png, css/images/ui-bg_flat_0_aaaaaa_40x100.png, css/images/ui-icons_fff_256x240.png, css/images/ui-bg_glass_95_fef1ec_1x400.png, css/images/ui-icons_222222_256x240.png, css/images/ui-icons_fbe569_256x240.png, css/images/ui-bg_flat_75_ffffff_40x100.png, css/images/ui-icons_cd0a0a_256x240.png, css/images/ui-bg_highlight-soft_75_a5a5a5_1x100.png, css/main.1527005958.css, css/phpinfo.1527005958.css, css/wf-ionicons.1527005958.css, css/jquery-ui.structure.min.1527005958.css, css/jquery-ui-timepicker-addon.1527005958.css, css/iptraf.1527005958.css, css/dt_table.1527005958.css, css/wf-adminbar.1527005958.css, css/wfselect2.min.1527005958.css, css/activity-report-widget.1527005958.css, css/jquery-ui.min.1527005958.css, css/wf-colorbox.1527005958.css, css/wf-onboarding.1527005958.css, 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