diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 7d45d8e28..bb4155168 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ Special thanks to the following for their contributions to the release:
 
 - [PR #1398](https://github.com/nf-core/rnaseq/pull/1398) - Bump pipeline version to 3.17.0dev
 - [PR #1401](https://github.com/nf-core/rnaseq/pull/1401) - Template update for nf-core/tools v3.0.1
+- [PR #1405](https://github.com/nf-core/rnaseq/pull/1405) - Fix bad variable name in subworkflow
 
 ### Parameters
 
diff --git a/modules.json b/modules.json
index 2e8042220..ffcdcaf40 100644
--- a/modules.json
+++ b/modules.json
@@ -337,7 +337,7 @@
                     },
                     "fastq_qc_trim_filter_setstrandedness": {
                         "branch": "master",
-                        "git_sha": "ee3b8b84da02320fff5f3f2dc1d6f9b72d7cd5af",
+                        "git_sha": "aef0e7467478130e861365232c3c4cc3247938ec",
                         "installed_by": ["subworkflows"]
                     },
                     "fastq_subsample_fq_salmon": {
diff --git a/subworkflows/nf-core/fastq_qc_trim_filter_setstrandedness/main.nf b/subworkflows/nf-core/fastq_qc_trim_filter_setstrandedness/main.nf
index 4ed073efc..c655af415 100644
--- a/subworkflows/nf-core/fastq_qc_trim_filter_setstrandedness/main.nf
+++ b/subworkflows/nf-core/fastq_qc_trim_filter_setstrandedness/main.nf
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ def calculateStrandedness(forwardFragments, reverseFragments, unstrandedFragment
     def totalFragments = forwardFragments + reverseFragments + unstrandedFragments
     def totalStrandedFragments = forwardFragments + reverseFragments
 
-    def library_strandedness = 'undetermined'
+    def strandedness = 'undetermined'
     if (totalStrandedFragments > 0) {
         def forwardProportion = forwardFragments / (totalStrandedFragments as double)
         def reverseProportion = reverseFragments / (totalStrandedFragments as double)