diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index f49fcca..a9dc8fe 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ limitations under the License.
     <commons-cli.version>1.2</commons-cli.version>
     <commons-codec.version>1.8</commons-codec.version>
     <commons-collections.version>3.2.2</commons-collections.version>
-    <commons-compress.version>1.4.1</commons-compress.version>
+    <commons-compress.version>1.21</commons-compress.version>
     <commons-dbcp.version>1.4</commons-dbcp.version>
     <commons-io.version>2.1</commons-io.version>
     <commons-lang.version>2.5</commons-lang.version>