diff --git a/opttbx-commons/pom.xml b/opttbx-commons/pom.xml
index 286eaeb3a..864419920 100644
--- a/opttbx-commons/pom.xml
+++ b/opttbx-commons/pom.xml
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>
             <artifactId>commons-compress</artifactId>
-            <version>1.22</version>
+            <version>1.24.0</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.netbeans.api</groupId>