diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 657c3f07..3477b9e8 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@
         <!-- JSON support -->
         <spray.version>1.2.6</spray.version>
         <!-- Apache Commons -->
-        <commons-compress.version>1.9</commons-compress.version>
+        <commons-compress.version>1.21</commons-compress.version>
         <commons-io.version>1.3.2</commons-io.version>
         <commons-lang.version>3.4</commons-lang.version>
         <!-- Templating -->