diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 247c653998fae02aa335336e791cf800c9639df3..f0c8aa5488716319e79b50d70b80aa9484e93221 100755
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>no.nibio.vips</groupId>
             <artifactId>VIPSCommon</artifactId>
-            <version>2.1.1</version>
+            <version>3.0.0</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>junit</groupId>