diff --git a/images.toml b/images.toml
index c94375a..90b0a28 100644
--- a/images.toml
+++ b/images.toml
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ somalier = '0.2.15'
 star = '2.7.10b'
 strvctvre = 'v.1.10'
 subread = '2.0.6'
-talos = '5.1.3'  # release to build, image names should have specific releases. Can build by naming side-branch
+talos = '5.5.0'  # release to build, image names should have specific releases. Can build by naming side-branch
 trtools = '5.0.2'
 trtools_hope_version = 'skip-if-monomorphic'  # specific branch name
 vep_105 = '105.0'
diff --git a/images/talos/Dockerfile b/images/talos/Dockerfile
index ee4e5de..ea7195f 100644
--- a/images/talos/Dockerfile
+++ b/images/talos/Dockerfile
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 FROM python:3.10-bullseye
 
-ARG VERSION=${VERSION:-5.0.0}
+ARG VERSION=${VERSION:-5.5.0}
 
 RUN apt update && apt install -y \
         apt-transport-https \