diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 6542fec..f3d0cdd 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@
   	<dependency>
   		<groupId>com.github.samtools</groupId>
   		<artifactId>htsjdk</artifactId>
-  		<version>2.21.1</version>
+  		<version>3.0.1</version>
   	</dependency>
   	  	<dependency>
   		<groupId>commons-codec</groupId>