diff --git a/pkgs/applications/science/biology/bcftools/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/science/biology/bcftools/default.nix
index 993afff5965e..fa96f32e8c93 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/science/biology/bcftools/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/science/biology/bcftools/default.nix
@@ -2,11 +2,11 @@
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   pname = "bcftools";
-  version = "1.17";
+  version = "1.18";
 
   src = fetchurl {
     url = "https://github.com/samtools/bcftools/releases/download/${version}/${pname}-${version}.tar.bz2";
-    sha256 = "sha256-AfddjnAdhbLHWRckEgCcwE8pthYWrOL6dRFhI95Flsw=";
+    sha256 = "sha256-2bnTYpPkzGKrdHOqJTk4nU4d55sakn1IP26R88POrH4=";
   };
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [