diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index dcad21e6d4..731b414e48 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@
     </modules>
 
     <properties>
-        <commons-compress.version>1.20</commons-compress.version>
+        <commons-compress.version>1.21</commons-compress.version>
         <dependencies.version>2.4.2</dependencies.version>
         <evo-inflector.version>1.2.2</evo-inflector.version>
         <immutables.version>2.8.8</immutables.version>