diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 44ed292435..84bf81d683 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>
             <artifactId>commons-compress</artifactId>
-            <version>1.20</version>
+            <version>1.21</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>