diff --git a/arthur-impl/pom.xml b/arthur-impl/pom.xml
index 2d2c852..00fd594 100644
--- a/arthur-impl/pom.xml
+++ b/arthur-impl/pom.xml
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>
       <artifactId>commons-compress</artifactId>
-      <version>1.19</version>
+      <version>${common-compress.version}</version>
       <scope>provided</scope>
       <optional>true</optional>
     </dependency>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 4231997..4057b89 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@
     <!-- main deps -->
     <slf4j.version>1.7.28</slf4j.version>
     <ziplock.version>8.0.0</ziplock.version>
+    <common-compress.version>1.21</common-compress.version>
 
     <!-- knights -->
     <jsch.version>0.1.55</jsch.version>
@@ -114,7 +115,7 @@
       <dependency>
         <groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>
         <artifactId>commons-compress</artifactId>
-        <version>1.20</version>
+        <version>${common-compress.version}</version>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>org.apache.xbean</groupId>