diff --git a/gnu/packages/bioinformatics.scm b/gnu/packages/bioinformatics.scm
index 660c7b408b..a1db9eedb6 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/bioinformatics.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/bioinformatics.scm
@@ -6378,7 +6378,7 @@ SELECT or UPDATE queries to an end-point.")
 (define-public vsearch
   (package
     (name "vsearch")
-    (version "2.6.0")
+    (version "2.6.2")
     (source
      (origin
        (method url-fetch)
@@ -6388,7 +6388,7 @@ SELECT or UPDATE queries to an end-point.")
        (file-name (string-append name "-" version ".tar.gz"))
        (sha256
         (base32
-         "0rplgpvsdkxw0k371ckxrp6i77jn93ckhslaazwbyd85m83nkynr"))
+         "02khrgh8hm11cgww2f9mqc6886zqli9ss4pd4kfpqzd0d31vbzv5"))
        (patches (search-patches "vsearch-unbundle-cityhash.patch"))
        (snippet
         '(begin