diff --git a/lang/java/pom.xml b/lang/java/pom.xml
index c44387f33d2..bc97f522216 100644
--- a/lang/java/pom.xml
+++ b/lang/java/pom.xml
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@
     <ant.version>1.10.0</ant.version>
     <commons-cli.version>1.3.1</commons-cli.version>
     <commons-codec.version>1.10</commons-codec.version>
-    <commons-compress.version>1.20</commons-compress.version>
+    <commons-compress.version>1.21</commons-compress.version>
     <commons-lang.version>2.6</commons-lang.version>
     <commons-logging.version>1.2</commons-logging.version>
     <tukaani.version>1.6</tukaani.version>