diff --git a/flink/pom.xml b/flink/pom.xml
index 8d3c84cc..d696795a 100644
--- a/flink/pom.xml
+++ b/flink/pom.xml
@@ -430,7 +430,7 @@ under the License.
 			<dependency>
 				<groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>
 				<artifactId>commons-compress</artifactId>
-				<version>1.18</version>
+				<version>1.21</version>
 			</dependency>
 
 			<!-- Managed dependency required for HBase in flink-hbase -->