diff --git a/modules/local/hicpro/hicpro2pairs.nf b/modules/local/hicpro/hicpro2pairs.nf
index bdb111b1ca40f3eac0ed52c44d76e7b064c64360..8c4cc9be47ad1b0f0efbf898ea8b59fbf12a7d0f 100644
--- a/modules/local/hicpro/hicpro2pairs.nf
+++ b/modules/local/hicpro/hicpro2pairs.nf
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 process HICPRO2PAIRS {
     tag "$meta.id"
-    label 'process_medium'
+    label 'process_high'
 
     conda "bioconda::pairix=0.3.7"
     container "${ workflow.containerEngine == 'singularity' && !task.ext.singularity_pull_docker_container ?