diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 93a6e2e6dccfa44d6e733bb23e4160979c6724d9..d739830db33b4aaa8d317043cc03f5483a47e2ed 100755
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>no.nibio.vips</groupId>
             <artifactId>VIPSCommon</artifactId>
-            <version>2.0.3</version>
+            <version>2.1.0</version>
         </dependency>
     </dependencies>
     <properties>