diff --git a/dge_workflow/dge_utils.sh b/dge_workflow/dge_utils.sh
index bbe3d0554b13994cf35ebbc6d8a56c0bf30cd4f5..e14284a8b6f6f96e73447e5d14edbf2cb96a82fe 100755
--- a/dge_workflow/dge_utils.sh
+++ b/dge_workflow/dge_utils.sh
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ export PATH=/projects/bioinfo/holger/bin/samtools-1.3:$PATH
 export PATH=/home/brandl/bin/subread-1.4.6-p3-Linux-x86_64/bin:$PATH
 
 #export PATH=/home/brandl/bin/STAR/STAR-STAR_2.4.1d/source:$PATH
-export PATH=/home/brandl/bin/STAR-2.5.0b/source:$PATH
+export PATH=/home/brandl/bin/STAR-2.5.1b/source:$PATH
 
 
 ## add cluster job manager