diff --git a/ega-data-api-htsget/pom.xml b/ega-data-api-htsget/pom.xml
index 39920412..066b3aa4 100644
--- a/ega-data-api-htsget/pom.xml
+++ b/ega-data-api-htsget/pom.xml
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>com.github.samtools</groupId>
             <artifactId>htsjdk</artifactId>
-            <version>2.23.0</version>
+            <version>3.0.1</version>
         </dependency>
 
         <!-- Test -->