diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 73ee8b70209fa7767378b250c9dec25d62587792..b9797a9053a2eb14411138d7d530396af9a009d4 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>no.nibio.vips</groupId>
             <artifactId>VIPSCommon</artifactId>
-            <version>2.0.2</version>
+            <version>2.0.12</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>junit</groupId>