diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 2b5ced42f7f2c0ed89eb85317c3ca6f217dfea0a..4a6d29fc4e5842cbf8930993d2f6d31ab511ed86 100755
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>no.nibio.vips</groupId>
             <artifactId>VIPSCommon</artifactId>
-            <version>2.1.1</version>
+            <version>3.0.0</version>
         </dependency>
     </dependencies>
     <properties>