diff --git a/buildSrc/src/main/kotlin/Versions.kt b/buildSrc/src/main/kotlin/Versions.kt
index f3f3c4f8..6283afb7 100644
--- a/buildSrc/src/main/kotlin/Versions.kt
+++ b/buildSrc/src/main/kotlin/Versions.kt
@@ -23,4 +23,5 @@ object Versions {
     const val opencsv = "5.8"
     const val ktor = "2.3.4"
     const val coroutines = "1.7.3"
+    const val commonsCompress = "1.24.0"
 }
diff --git a/radar-commons/build.gradle.kts b/radar-commons/build.gradle.kts
index 02d3db94..cb271fed 100644
--- a/radar-commons/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/radar-commons/build.gradle.kts
@@ -15,7 +15,9 @@ repositories {
 
 // In this section you declare the dependencies for your production and test code
 dependencies {
-    api("org.apache.avro:avro:${Versions.avro}")
+    api("org.apache.avro:avro:${Versions.avro}") {
+        implementation("org.apache.commons:commons-compress:${Versions.commonsCompress}")
+    }
     api(kotlin("reflect"))
 
     implementation(project(":radar-commons-kotlin"))