diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 47ec9fed0ac5ce2c7357328c5d507f10708fc1f6..6437e69e39eb4fac5caba31f4cb19db1272ab1c7 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>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>junit</groupId>