diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 2e3b98c6afb225245f2f75cf1ef206886094d2b0..5b9a64992541cbc54fe411fc63378d61e84d9e3e 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
         <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>