diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index b11acf3..efd2191 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -158,7 +158,7 @@
         <commons-cli.version>1.2</commons-cli.version>
         <commons-codec.version>1.4</commons-codec.version>
         <commons-collections.version>3.2.1</commons-collections.version>
-        <commons-compress.version>1.4.1</commons-compress.version>
+        <commons-compress.version>1.21</commons-compress.version>
         <commons-configuration.version>1.6</commons-configuration.version>
         <commons-daemon.version>1.0.13</commons-daemon.version>
         <commons-digester.version>1.8</commons-digester.version>