diff --git a/gnu/packages/bioinformatics.scm b/gnu/packages/bioinformatics.scm
index 4e346c1b1d..955aa48f55 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/bioinformatics.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/bioinformatics.scm
@@ -2335,7 +2335,7 @@ Roche 454, Ion Torrent and Pacific BioSciences SMRT.")
 (define-public ngs-sdk
   (package
     (name "ngs-sdk")
-    (version "1.1.1")
+    (version "1.2.2")
     (source
      (origin
        (method url-fetch)
@@ -2345,7 +2345,7 @@ Roche 454, Ion Torrent and Pacific BioSciences SMRT.")
        (file-name (string-append name "-" version ".tar.gz"))
        (sha256
         (base32
-         "1x58gpm574n0xmk2a98gmikbgycq78ia0bvnb42k5ck34fmd5v8y"))))
+         "0rvq61zfw2h9jcz6a33b9xrl20r7s5a9rldvv6rs2qy42khpmf5j"))))
     (build-system gnu-build-system)
     (arguments
      `(#:parallel-build? #f ; not supported