diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index de1f0ad5c302a151db77126c6ee4992158cf61a5..cd0ee8780aae3c7b26e247209eb396e0d6440de6 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>no.nibio.vips</groupId>
             <artifactId>VIPSCommon</artifactId>
-            <version>2.0.3</version>
+            <version>2.1.0</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>junit</groupId>