diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index ae041f70e8e8409413543c8a9609b35019b09085..1e71bed17c57adac1c5dddb44525e4e830bbca32 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>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>junit</groupId>