diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 94175a7562511c4b33a60fac46cd6e054a135e6f..79787e55289b90f69822b0a6c6dc70bc42d7ecb3 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>no.nibio.vips</groupId>
             <artifactId>VIPSCommon</artifactId>
-            <version>2.0.2</version>
+            <version>2.0.12</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.junit.jupiter</groupId>