diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index bb53d1efa64..bd764c8ab17 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -584,7 +584,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>
             <artifactId>commons-compress</artifactId>
-            <version>1.19</version>
+            <version>1.21</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.duracloud</groupId>