diff --git a/contribs/vsp/pom.xml b/contribs/vsp/pom.xml
index 99614d63e78..b95c4fa3a39 100644
--- a/contribs/vsp/pom.xml
+++ b/contribs/vsp/pom.xml
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.openstreetmap.osmosis</groupId>
 			<artifactId>osmosis-areafilter</artifactId>
-			<version>0.48.3</version>
+			<version>0.49.1</version>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.matsim.contrib</groupId>