diff --git a/asterixdb/pom.xml b/asterixdb/pom.xml
index ed486fd..28aa09e 100644
--- a/asterixdb/pom.xml
+++ b/asterixdb/pom.xml
@@ -990,7 +990,7 @@
       <dependency>
         <groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>
         <artifactId>commons-compress</artifactId>
-        <version>1.20</version>
+        <version>1.21</version>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>commons-logging</groupId>