diff --git a/gnu/packages/bioinformatics.scm b/gnu/packages/bioinformatics.scm
index 09216f6a8d..a428ba1fed 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/bioinformatics.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/bioinformatics.scm
@@ -313,7 +313,7 @@ (define-public bamtools
 (define-public bcftools
   (package
     (name "bcftools")
-    (version "1.9")
+    (version "1.11")
     (source (origin
               (method url-fetch)
               (uri (string-append "https://github.com/samtools/bcftools/"
@@ -321,11 +321,11 @@ (define-public bcftools
                                   version "/bcftools-" version ".tar.bz2"))
               (sha256
                (base32
-                "1j3h638i8kgihzyrlnpj82xg1b23sijibys9hvwari3fy7kd0dkg"))
+                "0r508mp15pqzf8r1269kb4v5naw9zsvbwd3cz8s1yj7carsf9viw"))
               (modules '((guix build utils)))
               (snippet '(begin
                           ;; Delete bundled htslib.
-                          (delete-file-recursively "htslib-1.9")
+                          (delete-file-recursively "htslib-1.11")
                           #t))))
     (build-system gnu-build-system)
     (arguments