diff --git a/tasks/utilities/file_handling/task_cat_lanes.wdl b/tasks/utilities/file_handling/task_cat_lanes.wdl
index 555a9c533..60a2b7d28 100644
--- a/tasks/utilities/file_handling/task_cat_lanes.wdl
+++ b/tasks/utilities/file_handling/task_cat_lanes.wdl
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ task cat_lanes {
     docker: "~{docker}"
     memory: memory + " GB"
     cpu: cpu
-    disks: "local-disk " + disk_size + " HDD"
+    disks: "local-disk " + disk_size + " SSD"
     disk: disk_size + " GB"
     preemptible: 1
   }