diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index ff26c0e17586b69a10dcfb79faac4534533ab597..9da84e2385c51a14f76eb1fcab6ff32fa7803f7b 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>no.nibio.vips</groupId>
             <artifactId>VIPSCommon</artifactId>
-            <version>2.0.3</version>
+            <version>2.1.0</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.junit.jupiter</groupId>