diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 2ce80139212740275f5f9bfe9a54d7c6d2a35d36..f9b98eda60d7a33810739764b4e585308a826012 100755
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>no.nibio.vips</groupId>
             <artifactId>VIPSCommon</artifactId>
-            <version>2.0.3</version>
+            <version>2.1.0</version>
         </dependency>
     </dependencies>
     <properties>