diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index f428b0c..c51b85c 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>com.github.samtools</groupId>
             <artifactId>htsjdk</artifactId>
-            <version>2.20.2</version>
+            <version>3.0.1</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.seqdoop</groupId>