diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 473893833fe..2b995117ffb 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -179,7 +179,7 @@
     <jsch-version>0.1.46</jsch-version>
     <junit-version>4.5</junit-version>
     <args4j-version>2.0.12</args4j-version>
-    <commons-compress-version>1.3</commons-compress-version>
+    <commons-compress-version>1.21</commons-compress-version>
     <servlet-api-version>2.5</servlet-api-version>
     <jetty-version>7.6.0.v20120127</jetty-version>
     <clirr-version>2.4</clirr-version>