diff --git a/containers/pax-exam-container-karaf/pom.xml b/containers/pax-exam-container-karaf/pom.xml
index 42fef05cf..cec617095 100644
--- a/containers/pax-exam-container-karaf/pom.xml
+++ b/containers/pax-exam-container-karaf/pom.xml
@@ -47,7 +47,6 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>
             <artifactId>commons-compress</artifactId>
-            <version>1.21</version>
         </dependency>
 
         <dependency>
diff --git a/pom/pom.xml b/pom/pom.xml
index 62931ce34..54f72ac88 100644
--- a/pom/pom.xml
+++ b/pom/pom.xml
@@ -341,6 +341,11 @@
                 <artifactId>asm</artifactId>
                 <version>${dependency.asm.version}</version>
             </dependency>
+            <dependency>
+                <groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>
+                <artifactId>commons-compress</artifactId>
+                <version>1.18</version>
+            </dependency>
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>commons-io</groupId>
                 <artifactId>commons-io</artifactId>