diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 24b4c18..ed6b98b 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>
 			<artifactId>commons-compress</artifactId>
-			<version>1.8.1</version>
+			<version>1.21</version>
 		</dependency>
 		<!-- hsqldb driver -->
 		<dependency>