diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index d56454c9890531ffd1219bfcebbe7b2f0ab3ba3b..ef3388d683e8a85c4fd056f672d1cab8e6d1cf4a 100755
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>no.nibio.vips</groupId>
             <artifactId>VIPSCommon</artifactId>
-            <version>2.0.2</version>
+            <version>2.0.12</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>junit</groupId>