diff --git a/pkgs/applications/science/biology/mosdepth/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/science/biology/mosdepth/default.nix
index 13094e7484e6..3e2188a93d10 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/science/biology/mosdepth/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/science/biology/mosdepth/default.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{lib, nimPackages, fetchFromGitHub, pcre}:
+{ lib, nimPackages, fetchFromGitHub, docopt, hts, pcre }:
 
 nimPackages.buildNimPackage rec {
   pname = "mosdepth";
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ nimPackages.buildNimPackage rec {
     sha256 = "sha256-7uteYTCbAaXedPqk0WtHpqTfUWH/+rRW8aSlFixkEko=";
   };
 
-  buildInputs = with nimPackages; [ docopt hts-nim pcre ];
+  buildInputs = [ docopt hts pcre ];
 
   meta = with lib; {
     description = "fast BAM/CRAM depth calculation for WGS, exome, or targeted sequencing";
diff --git a/pkgs/development/nim-packages/hts-nim/default.nix b/pkgs/development/nim-packages/hts-nim/default.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index d536133ce9b0..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/development/nim-packages/hts-nim/default.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,14 +0,0 @@
-{ buildNimPackage, fetchFromGitHub, htslib }:
-
-buildNimPackage rec {
-  pname = "hts-nim";
-  version = "0.3.4";
-  src = fetchFromGitHub {
-    owner = "brentp";
-    repo = pname;
-    rev = "v${version}";
-    sha256 = "0670phk1bq3l9j2zaa8i5wcpc5dyfrc0l2a6c21g0l2mmdczffa7";
-  };
-  propagatedBuildInputs = [ htslib ];
-  doCheck = false;
-}
diff --git a/pkgs/development/nim-packages/hts/default.nix b/pkgs/development/nim-packages/hts/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..1cf763d77b16
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/nim-packages/hts/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+{ lib, buildNimPackage, fetchFromGitHub, htslib }:
+
+buildNimPackage (final: prev: {
+  pname = "hts";
+  version = "0.3.23";
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "brentp";
+    repo = "hts-nim";
+    rev = "v${final.version}";
+    hash = "sha256-o27yOtzW4hk8dpicqjW4D8zxqXHdxcz+e84PyK+yBq8=";
+  };
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [ htslib ];
+  nimFlags = [ "--mm:refc" ];
+  doCheck = false;
+  meta = final.src.meta // {
+    description = "Nim wrapper for htslib for parsing genomics data files";
+    homepage = "https://brentp.github.io/hts-nim/";
+    license = [ lib.licenses.mit ];
+    maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ ehmry ];
+  };
+})
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/nim-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/nim-packages.nix
index 5c379034176a..628da7adca6f 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/nim-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/nim-packages.nix
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ lib.makeScope newScope (self:
 
     hashlib = callPackage ../development/nim-packages/hashlib { };
 
-    hts-nim = callPackage ../development/nim-packages/hts-nim { };
+    hts = callPackage ../development/nim-packages/hts { };
 
     illwill = callPackage ../development/nim-packages/illwill { };