diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 6b68932efe577..a6952be1b66f0 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -407,7 +407,7 @@ under the License.
 			<dependency>
 				<groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>
 				<artifactId>commons-compress</artifactId>
-				<version>1.4.1</version>
+				<version>1.21</version>
 			</dependency>
 
 			<!-- Managed dependency required for HBase in flink-hbase -->