diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index d8a6af789..e5c39eb60 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>
       <artifactId>commons-compress</artifactId>
-      <version>1.18</version>
+      <version>1.21</version>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>commons-io</groupId>