diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 067a2ac..df106ad 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -313,7 +313,7 @@
    		<dependency>
    			<groupId>com.github.samtools</groupId>
    			<artifactId>htsjdk</artifactId>
-   			<version>2.10.1</version>
+   			<version>3.0.1</version>
    		</dependency>
 		<!-- https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/com._0xab/jhdf5 -->
 		<dependency>