diff --git a/hpg-bigdata-core/pom.xml b/hpg-bigdata-core/pom.xml
index 18989605..5d9e076f 100644
--- a/hpg-bigdata-core/pom.xml
+++ b/hpg-bigdata-core/pom.xml
@@ -54,7 +54,18 @@
 			<groupId>org.seqdoop</groupId>
 			<artifactId>hadoop-bam</artifactId>
 			<version>7.0.0</version>
-		</dependency>
+            <exclusions>
+                <exclusion>
+                    <groupId>org.seqdoop</groupId>
+                    <artifactId>htsjdk</artifactId>
+                </exclusion>
+            </exclusions>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>com.github.samtools</groupId>
+            <artifactId>htsjdk</artifactId>
+            <version>1.129</version>
+        </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>junit</groupId>
             <artifactId>junit</artifactId>