diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 81cd5389421a6a611deee64cd5414dc298d35661..6cd2d466a0e92fbf74d996230fb58c09d55886bd 100755
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>no.nibio.vips</groupId>
             <artifactId>VIPSCommon</artifactId>
-            <version>2.0.3</version>
+            <version>2.1.0</version>
             <type>jar</type>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>