diff --git a/java/compression/pom.xml b/java/compression/pom.xml
index 6f256462d2a..dae81c605f2 100644
--- a/java/compression/pom.xml
+++ b/java/compression/pom.xml
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>
       <artifactId>commons-compress</artifactId>
-      <version>1.20</version>
+      <version>1.21</version>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
     <groupId>com.github.luben</groupId>