diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 2261d6622ab0d44984e3f28f779af4c3314a3db3..c88da816dcc5465d80a98a45d0410982845177a8 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>no.nibio.vips</groupId>
             <artifactId>VIPSCommon</artifactId>
-            <version>2.1.1</version>
+            <version>3.0.0</version>
         </dependency>
     </dependencies>
 </project>