diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/mm/mmseqs2/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/mm/mmseqs2/package.nix
index f54142213e11..fe4dae8f2547 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/mm/mmseqs2/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/mm/mmseqs2/package.nix
@@ -26,13 +26,13 @@ in
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
   pname = "mmseqs2";
-  version = "16-747c6";
+  version = "17-b804f";
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "soedinglab";
     repo = "mmseqs2";
     tag = finalAttrs.version;
-    hash = "sha256-O7tx+gdVAmZLihPnWSo9RWNVzfPjI61LGY/XeaGHrI0=";
+    hash = "sha256-nmvFoW+Ey18NcM2w14Ak/3D/Kic52Vka/RxvBd0YoKI=";
   };
 
   nativeBuildInputs =