diff --git a/modules/nf-core/bowtie2/align/meta.yml b/modules/nf-core/bowtie2/align/meta.yml
index f38da12edd0d..0c12b28a28aa 100644
--- a/modules/nf-core/bowtie2/align/meta.yml
+++ b/modules/nf-core/bowtie2/align/meta.yml
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ tools:
         sequencing reads to long reference sequences.
       homepage: http://bowtie-bio.sourceforge.net/bowtie2/index.shtml
       documentation: http://bowtie-bio.sourceforge.net/bowtie2/manual.shtml
-      doi: 10.1038/nmeth.1923
+      doi: 10.1186/gb-2009-10-3-r25
       licence: ["GPL-3.0-or-later"]
       identifier: ""
 input: