diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 143be64208..e073d1c0e4 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -921,7 +921,7 @@
       <dependency>
           <groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>
           <artifactId>commons-compress</artifactId>
-          <version>1.20</version>
+          <version>1.21</version>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
           <groupId>org.checkerframework</groupId>