diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index e8d7020813..d6f4b300e1 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@
     <javaVersion>8</javaVersion>
     <mavenVersion>3.2.5</mavenVersion>
     <commonsLang3Version>3.12.0</commonsLang3Version>
-    <commonsCompress>1.20</commonsCompress>
+    <commonsCompress>1.21</commonsCompress>
     <commonsIoVersion>2.11.0</commonsIoVersion>
     <doxiaVersion>1.11.1</doxiaVersion>
     <doxiaSitetoolsVersion>1.11.1</doxiaSitetoolsVersion>