diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 20c616cd8fff67da00fa4a1c59883b2aaf9165d2..90b6a8d38f01ac4724a76b2e4f4dd155691a8923 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>