diff --git a/src/nf_modules/samtools/main.nf b/src/nf_modules/samtools/main.nf
index 83a5a177630acb370d67b7b0e649e8499d518d96..3ebd134d6e01451ef64d769861ae10cd72681b2f 100644
--- a/src/nf_modules/samtools/main.nf
+++ b/src/nf_modules/samtools/main.nf
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-version = "1.17"
+version = "1.7"
 container_url = "lbmc/samtools:${version}"
 
 process filter_bam {