diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 100dc829704518f16e2af00bfa0feab301f408f6..f9dc28de1ca810d1ffea0d609b1246b082f3f7a8 100755
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>no.nibio.vips</groupId>
             <artifactId>VIPSCommon</artifactId>
-            <version>2.0.3</version>
+            <version>2.1.0</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>junit</groupId>