diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index a8fef5cf..1f0d9a6e 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@
         <avro.version>1.7.7</avro.version>
         <protobuf.version>3.11.4</protobuf.version>
         <grpc.version>1.28.1</grpc.version>
-        <htsjdk.version>2.23.0</htsjdk.version>
+        <htsjdk.version>3.0.1</htsjdk.version>
         <slf4j.version>1.7.32</slf4j.version>
 
         <sonar.organization>opencb</sonar.organization>