diff --git a/gnu/packages/bioinformatics.scm b/gnu/packages/bioinformatics.scm
index 7bb6d3af89..8116a96973 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/bioinformatics.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/bioinformatics.scm
@@ -9977,7 +9977,7 @@ (define-public f-seq
         (revision "1"))
     (package
       (name "f-seq")
-      (version (string-append "1.1-" revision "." commit))
+      (version (string-append "1.1-" revision "." (string-take commit 7)))
       (source (origin
                 (method git-fetch)
                 (uri (git-reference