diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 2e426fd5b31d32798de405b24507f4818a3dbbf3..6e851bdcdf4f490c739ed38793969e6cbd920255 100755
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>no.nibio.vips</groupId>
             <artifactId>VIPSCommon</artifactId>
-            <version>2.1.1</version>
+            <version>3.0.0</version>
             <type>jar</type>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>