diff --git a/images.toml b/images.toml
index c94375a..f529509 100644
--- a/images.toml
+++ b/images.toml
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ multiqc = '1.14'
 openpyxl = '3.1.2'
 outrider = '1.18.1'
 peer = '1.3'
-picard = '2.27.4'
+picard = '3.2.0'
 reviewer = '0.2.7'
 reviewer_bw2 = '0.2.7-bw2-fork-0.2'
 r-meta = '7.0.0'
diff --git a/images/picard/Dockerfile b/images/picard/Dockerfile
index be873f3..c746018 100644
--- a/images/picard/Dockerfile
+++ b/images/picard/Dockerfile
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ FROM debian:buster-slim
 
 ENV MAMBA_ROOT_PREFIX /root/micromamba
 ENV PATH $MAMBA_ROOT_PREFIX/bin:$PATH
-ARG VERSION=${VERSION:-2.27.4}
+ARG VERSION=${VERSION:-3.2.0}
 
 RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y git wget bash bzip2 zip && \
     rm -r /var/lib/apt/lists/* && \