diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 7c883c5..5875344 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -1699,7 +1699,7 @@ checksum = "1f3ccbac311fea05f86f61904b462b55fb3df8837a366dfc601a0161d0532f20"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "trgt"
-version = "1.4.0"
+version = "1.4.1"
 dependencies = [
  "arrayvec",
  "bio",
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 3ee5753..552639c 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "trgt"
-version = "1.4.0"
+version = "1.4.1"
 edition = "2021"
 build = "build.rs"
 
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 1e8c6c8..902f212 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -146,6 +146,8 @@ tandem repeats at genome scale. 2024](https://www.nature.com/articles/s41587-023
   - Parameters appropriate for targeted sequencing can now be set with `--preset targeted` option
   - Waterfall plots no longer panic when there are no reads in a locus
   - Algorithmic changes to `--genotyper cluster` allow fewer reads to be assigned to an allele; this may result in minor changes to consensus sequence and read assignment
+- 1.4.1
+  - Bug fix: corrected the type of the rq tag in BAM output
 
 ### DISCLAIMER
 
diff --git a/src/trgt/writers/write_bam.rs b/src/trgt/writers/write_bam.rs
index b253d97..9663b53 100644
--- a/src/trgt/writers/write_bam.rs
+++ b/src/trgt/writers/write_bam.rs
@@ -113,8 +113,9 @@ impl BamWriter {
             let tr_tag = Aux::String(&locus.id);
             rec.push_aux(b"TR", tr_tag).unwrap();
 
-            rec.push_aux(b"rq", Aux::Double(read.read_qual.unwrap_or(-1.0)))
+            rec.push_aux(b"rq", Aux::Float(read.read_qual.unwrap_or(-1.0) as f32))
                 .unwrap();
+
             if let Some(meth) = &read.meth {
                 let mc_tag = Aux::ArrayU8(meth.into());
                 rec.push_aux(b"MC", mc_tag).unwrap();