diff --git a/gnu/packages/bioinformatics.scm b/gnu/packages/bioinformatics.scm
index 92a765c688..c0f9c0768b 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/bioinformatics.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/bioinformatics.scm
@@ -9115,13 +9115,13 @@ (define-public f-seq
         (revision "1"))
     (package
       (name "f-seq")
-      (version (string-append "1.1-" revision "." (string-take commit 7)))
+      (version (git-version "1.1" revision commit))
       (source (origin
                 (method git-fetch)
                 (uri (git-reference
                       (url "https://github.com/aboyle/F-seq")
                       (commit commit)))
-                (file-name (string-append name "-" version))
+                (file-name (git-file-name name version))
                 (sha256
                  (base32
                   "1nk33k0yajg2id4g59bc4szr58r2q6pdq42vgcw054m8ip9wv26h"))