diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index fcafada9a8318de4078b7e31648f72e36cea860b..a8111f5ccc8b693e4acc7e9a9fc6eb435b6a0020 100755
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>no.nibio.vips</groupId>
             <artifactId>VIPSCommon</artifactId>
-            <version>2.0.3</version>
+            <version>2.1.0</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>junit</groupId>