diff --git a/scripts/install-samtools.sh b/scripts/install-samtools.sh
index 84feb30700..ff80c00817 100755
--- a/scripts/install-samtools.sh
+++ b/scripts/install-samtools.sh
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 set -ex
-wget https://github.com/samtools/samtools/releases/download/1.14/samtools-1.14.tar.bz2
-tar -xjvf samtools-1.14.tar.bz2
-cd samtools-1.14 && ./configure --prefix=/usr && make && sudo make install
+wget https://github.com/samtools/samtools/releases/download/1.19.1/samtools-1.19.1.tar.bz2
+tar -xjvf samtools-1.19.1.tar.bz2
+cd samtools-1.19.1 && ./configure --prefix=/usr && make && sudo make install
diff --git a/src/test/java/htsjdk/utils/SamtoolsTestUtils.java b/src/test/java/htsjdk/utils/SamtoolsTestUtils.java
index f70674d8cd..ee6036b40d 100644
--- a/src/test/java/htsjdk/utils/SamtoolsTestUtils.java
+++ b/src/test/java/htsjdk/utils/SamtoolsTestUtils.java
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
  */
 public class SamtoolsTestUtils {
     private static final String SAMTOOLS_BINARY_ENV_VARIABLE = "HTSJDK_SAMTOOLS_BIN";
-    public final static String expectedSamtoolsVersion = "1.14";
+    public final static String expectedSamtoolsVersion = "1.19.1";
 
     /**
      * @return true if samtools is available, otherwise false