diff --git a/asdpex-core/pom.xml b/asdpex-core/pom.xml
index 901be09..1eb0c52 100644
--- a/asdpex-core/pom.xml
+++ b/asdpex-core/pom.xml
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>com.github.samtools</groupId>
 			<artifactId>htsjdk</artifactId>
-			<version>2.1.1</version>
+			<version>3.0.1</version>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.xerial</groupId>