diff --git a/modules/md5sum/main.nf b/modules/md5sum/main.nf
index 7b66625e..2b516f1b 100644
--- a/modules/md5sum/main.nf
+++ b/modules/md5sum/main.nf
@@ -2,10 +2,10 @@ process MD5SUM {
     tag "$meta.id"
     label 'process_low'
 
-    conda (params.enable_conda ? "conda-forge::coreutils=8.25" : null)
+    conda (params.enable_conda ? "conda-forge::coreutils=9.1" : null)
     container "${ workflow.containerEngine == 'singularity' && !task.ext.singularity_pull_docker_container ?
-        'https://depot.galaxyproject.org/singularity/coreutils:8.31--h14c3975_0' :
-        'quay.io/biocontainers/coreutils:8.31--h14c3975_0' }"
+        'https://depot.galaxyproject.org/singularity/ubuntu:20.04' :
+        'ubuntu:20.04' }"
 
     input:
     tuple val(meta), path(file)
diff --git a/modules/shasum/main.nf b/modules/shasum/main.nf
index 11f9376c..0e288435 100644
--- a/modules/shasum/main.nf
+++ b/modules/shasum/main.nf
@@ -2,10 +2,10 @@ process SHASUM {
     tag "$meta.id"
     label 'process_low'
 
-    conda (params.enable_conda ? "conda-forge::coreutils=8.25" : null)
+    conda (params.enable_conda ? "conda-forge::coreutils=9.1" : null)
     container "${ workflow.containerEngine == 'singularity' && !task.ext.singularity_pull_docker_container ?
-        'https://depot.galaxyproject.org/singularity/coreutils:8.31--h14c3975_0' :
-        'quay.io/biocontainers/coreutils:8.31--h14c3975_0' }"
+        'https://depot.galaxyproject.org/singularity/ubuntu:20.04' :
+        'ubuntu:20.04' }"
 
     input:
     tuple val(meta), path(file)