diff --git a/easybuild/easyconfigs/m/MATES/MATES-0.1.5-20241121-foss-2023b.eb b/easybuild/easyconfigs/m/MATES/MATES-0.1.5-20241121-foss-2023b.eb
index 24837326ae2..b3ea589bf3a 100644
--- a/easybuild/easyconfigs/m/MATES/MATES-0.1.5-20241121-foss-2023b.eb
+++ b/easybuild/easyconfigs/m/MATES/MATES-0.1.5-20241121-foss-2023b.eb
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ dependencies = [
     ('PyTorch', '2.1.2'),
     ('Pysam', '0.22.0'),
     ('tqdm', '4.66.2'),
+    ('SAMtools, '1.19.2),
 ]
 
 use_pip = True