diff --git a/project.clj b/project.clj
index 8c205cc0..b306279c 100644
--- a/project.clj
+++ b/project.clj
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
   :dependencies [[org.clojure/core.memoize "1.1.266"]
                  [org.clojure/tools.logging "1.3.0"]
                  [org.apache.commons/commons-compress "1.27.1"]
-                 [org.tukaani/xz "1.9"] ; necessary for CRAM LZMA compression
+                 [org.tukaani/xz "1.10"] ; necessary for CRAM LZMA compression
                  [digest "1.4.10"]
                  [bgzf4j "0.1.2"]
                  [com.climate/claypoole "1.1.4"]