diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index b8fc4c4d..ae920941 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@
 		<dependency>
 		    <groupId>com.github.samtools</groupId>
 		    <artifactId>htsjdk</artifactId>
-		    <version>2.18.2</version>
+		    <version>3.0.1</version>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 		    <groupId>org.hdfgroup</groupId>