diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 47c24406005480555aa179226b114ad34d598d1c..60ecee5cdae93ac167c5353da459e29436edb0e8 100755
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>no.nibio.vips</groupId>
             <artifactId>VIPSCommon</artifactId>
-            <version>2.1.1</version>
+            <version>3.0.0</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>junit</groupId>