diff --git a/tools/ngs_rna/tophat_wrapper.xml b/tools/ngs_rna/tophat_wrapper.xml
index d28c2518b76..1bd99cd8613 100644
--- a/tools/ngs_rna/tophat_wrapper.xml
+++ b/tools/ngs_rna/tophat_wrapper.xml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-<tool id="tophat" name="Tophat for Illumina" version="0.5">
+<tool id="tophat" name="Tophat for Illumina" version="1.5.0">
     <!-- Wrapper compatible with Tophat versions 1.3.0 to 1.4.1 -->
     <description>Find splice junctions using RNA-seq data</description>
     <version_command>tophat --version</version_command>