diff --git a/bio/bismark/bismark_methylation_extractor/environment.yaml b/bio/bismark/bismark_methylation_extractor/environment.yaml
index 11a5c9f51c2..5ecc7f8c1ca 100644
--- a/bio/bismark/bismark_methylation_extractor/environment.yaml
+++ b/bio/bismark/bismark_methylation_extractor/environment.yaml
@@ -5,5 +5,5 @@ channels:
 dependencies:
   - bowtie2 =2.5.1
   - bismark =0.24.0
-  - samtools =1.16.1
+  - samtools =1.17
   - perl-gdgraph =1.54