diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index af40fddb..8952c82e 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@
     <dependency>
         <groupId>com.twelvemonkeys.imageio</groupId>
         <artifactId>imageio-tiff</artifactId>
-        <version>3.6</version>
+        <version>3.12.0</version>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
         <groupId>gov.nih.ncats</groupId>