diff --git a/modules/local/hicexplorer/hicPlotMatrix.nf b/modules/local/hicexplorer/hicPlotMatrix.nf
index 60e1fecb1fc0995abccb5438086766b404823af0..de908263126f4fc6b63e844e77d1d6a8fbbb9945 100644
--- a/modules/local/hicexplorer/hicPlotMatrix.nf
+++ b/modules/local/hicexplorer/hicPlotMatrix.nf
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 process HIC_PLOT_MATRIX {
     tag "$meta.id"
-    label 'process_single'
+    label 'process_high_memory'
 
     conda "bioconda::hicexplorer=3.7.2"
     container "${ workflow.containerEngine == 'singularity' && !task.ext.singularity_pull_docker_container ?