diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 08848e4c194b69099a6d5e413ac15e2665ded056..9a245a3d906fa089cf762b63d681a0de4d235374 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>