diff --git a/bio/freebayes/environment.yaml b/bio/freebayes/environment.yaml
index 6b906c6a3d..929f33008f 100644
--- a/bio/freebayes/environment.yaml
+++ b/bio/freebayes/environment.yaml
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ dependencies:
   - freebayes =1.3.6
   - bcftools =1.15 # pinned to prevent conflicts with vcflib 1.0.3
   - vcflib =1.0.3 # pinned because of bug in v1.0.9 (https://github.com/vcflib/vcflib/issues/389)
+  - htslib =1.16 # pinned because of bug (https://github.com/bioconda/bioconda-recipes/issues/42643#issuecomment-1692969153)
   - parallel =20230722
   - bedtools =2.31.0
   - sed =4.8