diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index a3fe85eadaf98087c15b61dc7192e768876af9fd..b0c42296e95f0ec93052de11e26bf9a02578bc22 100755
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>no.nibio.vips</groupId>
             <artifactId>VIPSCommon</artifactId>
-            <version>2.0.2</version>
+            <version>2.0.12</version>
             <type>jar</type>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>