diff --git a/lang/java/pom.xml b/lang/java/pom.xml
index fcad2804..bbba0de1 100644
--- a/lang/java/pom.xml
+++ b/lang/java/pom.xml
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@
     <maven.version>2.0.10</maven.version>
     <ant.version>1.8.2</ant.version>
     <commons-lang.version>2.6</commons-lang.version>
-    <commons-compress.version>1.4.1</commons-compress.version>
+    <commons-compress.version>1.21</commons-compress.version>
     <easymock.version>3.0</easymock.version>
     <hamcrest.version>1.1</hamcrest.version>
     <commons-httpclient.version>3.1</commons-httpclient.version>