diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 7d1882106d3..58739735f24 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -190,7 +190,7 @@
     <junit-version>4.12</junit-version>
     <test-fork-count>1C</test-fork-count>
     <args4j-version>2.33</args4j-version>
-    <commons-compress-version>1.18</commons-compress-version>
+    <commons-compress-version>1.21</commons-compress-version>
     <osgi-core-version>4.3.1</osgi-core-version>
     <servlet-api-version>3.1.0</servlet-api-version>
     <jetty-version>9.4.11.v20180605</jetty-version>