diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 5e2f58ee655d4cb3d82475ec502ef8b7ebcf520d..f086b506268a35300c24a5b18e3c9261bb8f8aa6 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>no.nibio.vips</groupId>
             <artifactId>VIPSCommon</artifactId>
-            <version>2.1.1</version>
+            <version>3.0.0</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.junit.jupiter</groupId>