diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index e62be52131226232234b0627b6510d2793f8bdc7..56a43fe4c7d3707e682a95c5a9b0c66ea99fe4be 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>no.nibio.vips</groupId>
             <artifactId>VIPSCommon</artifactId>
-            <version>2.0.3</version>
+            <version>2.1.0</version>
         </dependency>
     </dependencies>
 </project>