diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 14fc19e..95394a9 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@
 	<dependency>
 	    <groupId>com.github.samtools</groupId>
 	    <artifactId>htsjdk</artifactId>
-	    <version>2.8.1</version>
+	    <version>3.0.1</version>
 	</dependency>
 	
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