diff --git a/dge_workflow/dge_utils.sh b/dge_workflow/dge_utils.sh
index 0b53f0c150189fe59fb4cf0f0cd00685fb25a711..98f00b4b764b4b464d47cc37837df11dead60002 100755
--- a/dge_workflow/dge_utils.sh
+++ b/dge_workflow/dge_utils.sh
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ source <(curl https://raw.githubusercontent.com/holgerbrandl/datautils/v1.12/R/s
 
 ## define common binaries
 ## todo tweak this to work on bioinfo as well
-export PATH=/projects/bioinfo/holger/bin/bowtie2-2.2.2:$PATH
+export PATH=/projects/bioinfo/holger/bin/bowtie2-2.2.5:$PATH
 export PATH=/projects/bioinfo/holger/bin/tophat-2.0.13.Linux_x86_64:$PATH
 export PATH=/home/brandl/bin/cufflinks-2.2.1.Linux_x86_64:$PATH
 export PATH=/sw/apps/python/current/bin:$PATH