diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 8f3b896eab67517e57d6ace18463f169cb97a18b..f760c4ea0828ee85fb3f91c01ab5d109f2a5de4a 100755
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>no.nibio.vips</groupId>
             <artifactId>VIPSCommon</artifactId>
-            <version>2.1.1</version>
+            <version>3.0.0</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>junit</groupId>