diff --git a/nextflow.config b/nextflow.config
index c766c4ae682ad272b4f474e7e3ec8f84cd07be2d..f624219755d1ca2dcb4accbdf8479ac09a4348f9 100644
--- a/nextflow.config
+++ b/nextflow.config
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ params {
 
 // Container slug. Stable releases should specify release tag!
 // Developmental code should specify :dev
-process.container = 'nfcore/hic:1.0.0'
+process.container = 'nfcore/hic:dev'
 
 // Load base.config by default for all pipelines
 includeConfig 'conf/base.config'