diff --git a/gnu/packages/bioinformatics.scm b/gnu/packages/bioinformatics.scm
index 3387a2571a3378723afcc3202cfbc27ba25d2afa..517ea3800733956acd5b7cd419284ea04e9477e7 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/bioinformatics.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/bioinformatics.scm
@@ -4383,7 +4383,7 @@ (define-public mosaik
 (define-public ngs-sdk
   (package
     (name "ngs-sdk")
-    (version "1.2.5")
+    (version "1.3.0")
     (source
      (origin
        (method url-fetch)
@@ -4393,7 +4393,7 @@ (define-public ngs-sdk
        (file-name (string-append name "-" version ".tar.gz"))
        (sha256
         (base32
-         "04y1fsmdnb5y86m3gg6f5g9wcscr6r25n7m8mdlcxy0i2q6w6cia"))))
+         "1wiyf4c6nm2j87pv015cbi0qny5byf3pbvcw3likifz5dl56ag40"))))
     (build-system gnu-build-system)
     (arguments
      `(#:parallel-build? #f ; not supported