diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index e44fd254..95ed14f5 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ jobs:
           mkdir -p $NXF_SINGULARITY_LIBRARYDIR
 
       - name: Cache pdiff
-        uses: actions/cache@0c45773b623bea8c8e75f6c82b208c3cf94ea4f9 # v4
+        uses: actions/cache@v4 # v4
         id: cache-pip-pdiff
         with:
           path: ~/.cache/pip
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 4a249ff4..526724e4 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 ### `Changed`
 
 - [#103](https://github.com/nf-core/riboseq/pull/103) - Updated the JSON schema to make input validation stricter([@andreirie](https://github.com/andreirie))
+- [#104](https://github.com/nf-core/riboseq/pull/104) - Updated SortMeRNA params to lower memory usage by not looking for best alignment [@jackcurragh](https://github.com/jackcurragh)
 
 ### `Fixed`
 
diff --git a/conf/modules.config b/conf/modules.config
index 1b7fb16a..8de9301f 100644
--- a/conf/modules.config
+++ b/conf/modules.config
@@ -357,7 +357,7 @@ if (!params.skip_bbsplit) {
 if (params.remove_ribo_rna) {
     process {
         withName: '.*:FASTQ_QC_TRIM_FILTER_SETSTRANDEDNESS:SORTMERNA' {
-            ext.args   = '--num_alignments 1 -v --index 0'
+            ext.args   = '--no-best -v --index 0'
             publishDir = [
                 [
                     path: { "${params.outdir}/preprocessing/sortmerna" },