diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index c68e28cbf60694fe7e34e25b0488466631c45c04..ba0da18207d40f911e5904204f238e3523f17587 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>