diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 747ef9bac..7782ff7ba 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -173,7 +173,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>
       <artifactId>commons-compress</artifactId>
-      <version>1.20</version>
+      <version>1.21</version>
     </dependency>
     
     <dependency>