diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 5bdbf0d9f4016d8500782df64a6bb4b95f16c816..885ede10c02a5064d169a56ba55c5aa16a7287e9 100755
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>no.nibio.vips</groupId>
             <artifactId>VIPSCommon</artifactId>
-            <version>2.0.3</version>
+            <version>2.1.0</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>junit</groupId>