diff --git a/lang/java/pom.xml b/lang/java/pom.xml
index 290311a8d44..fd8d594bace 100644
--- a/lang/java/pom.xml
+++ b/lang/java/pom.xml
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@
     <maven.version>3.8.1</maven.version>
     <ant.version>1.10.9</ant.version>
     <commons-cli.version>1.4</commons-cli.version>
-    <commons-compress.version>1.20</commons-compress.version>
+    <commons-compress.version>1.21</commons-compress.version>
     <commons-lang.version>3.12.0</commons-lang.version>
     <tukaani.version>1.9</tukaani.version>
     <easymock.version>4.3</easymock.version>