diff --git a/gnu/packages/bioinformatics.scm b/gnu/packages/bioinformatics.scm
index 31e739e0b54f50f01eb59819959f1e74e0035851..14a790bef0d4deb2199070e1f1aaf317e13732c8 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/bioinformatics.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/bioinformatics.scm
@@ -6370,7 +6370,7 @@ (define-public r-sparql
 (define-public vsearch
   (package
     (name "vsearch")
-    (version "2.6.2")
+    (version "2.7.0")
     (source
      (origin
        (method url-fetch)
@@ -6380,7 +6380,7 @@ (define-public vsearch
        (file-name (string-append name "-" version ".tar.gz"))
        (sha256
         (base32
-         "02khrgh8hm11cgww2f9mqc6886zqli9ss4pd4kfpqzd0d31vbzv5"))
+         "0523b8xq5fw60ayl0k5m1fm6yrh1932ljrsz1ys67xnki7p7f1d5"))
        (patches (search-patches "vsearch-unbundle-cityhash.patch"))
        (snippet
         '(begin