diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index ed95bd74fc32831e0c5fa580b816d6a0b871bf33..65003e7aefbb6d9729fd6e06886fbac1f9e41511 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>no.nibio.vips</groupId>
             <artifactId>VIPSCommon</artifactId>
-            <version>2.0.2</version>
+            <version>2.0.12</version>
         </dependency>
     </dependencies>
 </project>