diff --git a/cutadapt.wdl b/cutadapt.wdl
index ad32ff21aff4958f9955628753a7b68468a855cd..d125af43b3039fd2ba9aa2b63b0819d4676fbf41 100644
--- a/cutadapt.wdl
+++ b/cutadapt.wdl
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ task Cutadapt {
         Int cores = 4
         String memory = "~{300 + 100 * cores}M"
         Int timeMinutes = 1 + ceil(size([read1, read2], "G")  * 12.0 / cores)
-        String dockerImage = "quay.io/biocontainers/cutadapt:2.8--py37h516909a_0"
+        String dockerImage = "quay.io/biocontainers/cutadapt:2.10--py37h516909a_0"
     }
 
     String realRead2output = select_first([read2output, "cut_r2.fq.gz"])