diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index a387435bdb0fb34d53af9a80e2d459f8689c1c4f..212bfc13ca62b0f1beacb7245daeda6c0c07810b 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
         <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>