diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 30c306554cf3a3e3aed65ef4d309da84156a4d66..2959bc5f246983b21b4f3bc188f17af3442a9fda 100755
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>no.nibio.vips</groupId>
             <artifactId>VIPSCommon</artifactId>
-            <version>2.0.2</version>
+            <version>2.0.12</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>junit</groupId>