diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 5eb9a7a8e50c8d3446b64733876da2a4c1f47cc5..4e6ec1d49571c044d11145f028234e10ebf4f519 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>org.junit.jupiter</groupId>