diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 1c69625f20..495fc9fea6 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](http://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.
 -   [#679](https://github.com/SciLifeLab/Sarek/pull/679) - Add container for `CreateIntervalBeds`
 -   [#692](https://github.com/SciLifeLab/Sarek/pull/692), [#697](https://github.com/SciLifeLab/Sarek/pull/697) - Add AWS iGenomes possibilities (within `conf/igenomes.conf`)
 -   [#694](https://github.com/SciLifeLab/Sarek/pull/694) - Add monochrome and grey logos for light or dark background
+-   [#702](https://github.com/SciLifeLab/Sarek/pull/702) - Add font-ttf-dejavu-sans-mono `2.37` and fontconfig `2.12.6` to container
 
 ### `Changed`
 
@@ -23,12 +24,14 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](http://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.
 -   [#677](https://github.com/SciLifeLab/Sarek/pull/677) - Update docs
 -   [#679](https://github.com/SciLifeLab/Sarek/pull/679) - Update old awsbatch configuration
 -   [#693](https://github.com/SciLifeLab/Sarek/pull/693) - Qualimap bamQC is now ran after mapping and after recalibration for better QC
+-   [#702](https://github.com/SciLifeLab/Sarek/pull/702) - update FastQC to `0.11.8`
 
 ### `Fixed`
 
 -   [#665](https://github.com/SciLifeLab/Sarek/pull/665) - Input bam file now has always the same name (whether it is from a single fastq pair or multiple) in the MarkDuplicates process, so metrics too
 -   [#672](https://github.com/SciLifeLab/Sarek/pull/672) - process `PullSingularityContainers` from `buildContainers.nf` now expect a file with the correct `.simg` extension for singularity images, and no longer the `.img` one.
 -   [#679](https://github.com/SciLifeLab/Sarek/pull/679) - Add publishDirMode for `germlineVC.nf`
+-   [#702](https://github.com/SciLifeLab/Sarek/pull/702) - Fix [#701](https://github.com/SciLifeLab/Sarek/issues/701)
 
 ## [2.2.1] - 2018-10-04
 
diff --git a/environment.yml b/environment.yml
index c2546d6976..504edc6f4b 100644
--- a/environment.yml
+++ b/environment.yml
@@ -9,7 +9,9 @@ channels:
 dependencies:
   - bcftools=1.8
   - bwa=0.7.17
-  - fastqc=0.11.7
+  - fastqc=0.11.8
+  - font-ttf-dejavu-sans-mono=2.37 #for FastQC
+  - fontconfig=2.12.6 #for FastQC
   - freebayes=1.2.0
   - gatk4=4.0.6.0
   - htslib=1.9