diff --git a/bio/picard/markduplicates/environment.yaml b/bio/picard/markduplicates/environment.yaml
index 04524dbed1..5adf465b13 100644
--- a/bio/picard/markduplicates/environment.yaml
+++ b/bio/picard/markduplicates/environment.yaml
@@ -4,5 +4,5 @@ channels:
   - nodefaults
 dependencies:
   - picard =3.0.0
-  - samtools =1.16.1
+  - samtools =1.17
   - snakemake-wrapper-utils =0.5.3