diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 4af4fb3059637099894e7325a4a0e49a541437ae..b7ce265d39aabecd9105c543881af361df39949b 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>no.nibio.vips</groupId>
             <artifactId>VIPSCommon</artifactId>
-            <version>2.1.1</version>
+            <version>3.0.0</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.junit.jupiter</groupId>