diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 85ff03e933..2838154b41 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -342,7 +342,7 @@
       <dependency>
         <groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>
         <artifactId>commons-compress</artifactId>
-        <version>1.18</version>
+        <version>1.21</version>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>org.tukaani</groupId>