diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 8f6b85f477948ec292edb78a3061d50e4b825d90..02e176f8fe721c451b11350ff913983070a187ea 100755
--- 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>junit</groupId>