diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 1f3363b83ec20aae59ef2ff25f032f642b088bb7..1b2b9806a54f07bd4350cd955098f07a28442df8 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>