diff --git a/examples/EAGLE_ICs/EAGLE_12/eagle_12.yml b/examples/EAGLE_ICs/EAGLE_12/eagle_12.yml
index b5122afdba28ffaed1e52cdd8bd2db8a4e566c03..26caf87fe918e36450f4899e3d2d3a8f4b59e63c 100644
--- a/examples/EAGLE_ICs/EAGLE_12/eagle_12.yml
+++ b/examples/EAGLE_ICs/EAGLE_12/eagle_12.yml
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ EAGLEChemistry:
 
 EAGLECooling:
   dir_name:                ./coolingtables/
-  H_reion_z:               11.5 
+  H_reion_z:               7.5                 # Planck 2018
   H_reion_eV_p_H:          2.0
   He_reion_z_centre:       3.5
   He_reion_z_sigma:        0.5
diff --git a/examples/EAGLE_ICs/EAGLE_25/eagle_25.yml b/examples/EAGLE_ICs/EAGLE_25/eagle_25.yml
index 888009f27761feda91d3cb70df2366b9f04fd3eb..ac6692d6c646522a169463d59e7bba57247d36b5 100644
--- a/examples/EAGLE_ICs/EAGLE_25/eagle_25.yml
+++ b/examples/EAGLE_ICs/EAGLE_25/eagle_25.yml
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ EAGLEChemistry:
 # EAGLE cooling parameters
 EAGLECooling:
   dir_name:                ./coolingtables/
-  H_reion_z:               11.5 
+  H_reion_z:               7.5                 # Planck 2018
   H_reion_eV_p_H:          2.0
   He_reion_z_centre:       3.5
   He_reion_z_sigma:        0.5
diff --git a/examples/EAGLE_ICs/EAGLE_50/eagle_50.yml b/examples/EAGLE_ICs/EAGLE_50/eagle_50.yml
index f2e3b0656541ca698c20a85a308e538871d4fdc4..526aa804bae68966d24d436476cb9aebade6d645 100644
--- a/examples/EAGLE_ICs/EAGLE_50/eagle_50.yml
+++ b/examples/EAGLE_ICs/EAGLE_50/eagle_50.yml
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ EAGLEChemistry:
 # EAGLE cooling parameters
 EAGLECooling:
   dir_name:                ./coolingtables/
-  H_reion_z:               11.5 
+  H_reion_z:               7.5                 # Planck 2018
   H_reion_eV_p_H:          2.0
   He_reion_z_centre:       3.5
   He_reion_z_sigma:        0.5