diff --git a/install_dependencies.sh b/install_dependencies.sh
index 2e6eb18c1b6663dc3695a30013520e7ed35853f7..44a15c4007a200e6a3de90b9d8d7e152bf945f6d 100644
--- a/install_dependencies.sh
+++ b/install_dependencies.sh
@@ -5,9 +5,9 @@ set -e
 
 start_dir=$(pwd)
 
-EMBOSS_VERSION="6.6.0"
+EMBOSS_VERSION="6.5.7"
 
-EMBOSS_DOWNLOAD_URL="ftp://emboss.open-bio.org/pub/EMBOSS/EMBOSS-${EMBOSS_VERSION}.tar.gz"
+EMBOSS_DOWNLOAD_URL="ftp://emboss.open-bio.org/pub/EMBOSS/old/6.5.0/EMBOSS-${EMBOSS_VERSION}.tar.gz"
 
 # Make an install location
 if [ ! -d "${HOME}/dependencies" ]; then