diff --git a/modules/nf-core/bowtie/align/spack.yml b/modules/nf-core/bowtie/align/spack.yml
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index 00000000000..34f041f2f29
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+spack:
+    specs:
+      - bowtie@1.3.0
+      - samtools@1.16.1