diff --git a/gnu/packages/bioinformatics.scm b/gnu/packages/bioinformatics.scm
index 4dfac150401db35a3bb69896e806c431566c4e75..299275c90715845f188bff52fa3d54db11fe9162 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/bioinformatics.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/bioinformatics.scm
@@ -2048,7 +2048,7 @@ (define-public deeptools
 (define-public diamond
   (package
     (name "diamond")
-    (version "0.8.23")
+    (version "0.8.26")
     (source (origin
               (method url-fetch)
               (uri (string-append
@@ -2057,7 +2057,7 @@ (define-public diamond
               (file-name (string-append name "-" version ".tar.gz"))
               (sha256
                (base32
-                "0xpcq3fbk4c52xbpgyk5brl58rljvl83bg8nkxy8vs00pxanm7i2"))))
+                "17s38pgjih6yc2z81040pircbv60c9wr33mbcyki2rfpv8rbxlh0"))))
     (build-system cmake-build-system)
     (arguments
      '(#:tests? #f ; no "check" target