diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 1d4f64908528835cd506d9b369e80252ad998807..64802d0f42a348cecc600188207116c693ea839c 100755
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>no.nibio.vips</groupId>
             <artifactId>VIPSCommon</artifactId>
-            <version>2.1.1</version>
+            <version>3.0.0</version>
             <scope>provided</scope>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>