diff --git a/Directory.Packages.props b/Directory.Packages.props
index ab9017e162..ba1a997429 100644
--- a/Directory.Packages.props
+++ b/Directory.Packages.props
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
 		<PackageVersion Include="Nullable" Version="1.3.1" />
 		<PackageVersion Include="PolySharp" Version="1.14.1" />
 		<PackageVersion Include="ppy.SDL2-CS" Version="1.0.630-alpha" /> <!-- last version with .NET Standard 2.0 support -->
-		<PackageVersion Include="SharpCompress" Version="0.31.0" /><!-- can't update any further or .gz stops being detected as archive -->
+		<PackageVersion Include="SharpCompress" Version="0.38.0" />
 		<PackageVersion Include="Silk.NET.OpenAL" Version="2.21.0" />
 		<PackageVersion Include="Silk.NET.OpenAL.Extensions.Creative" Version="2.21.0" />
 		<PackageVersion Include="Silk.NET.OpenAL.Extensions.Enumeration" Version="2.21.0" />