diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index b55ee08..cc1a10d 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@
     <dependency>
         <groupId>com.github.samtools</groupId>
         <artifactId>htsjdk</artifactId>
-        <version>2.24.1</version>
+        <version>3.0.1</version>
     </dependency>
   </dependencies>