diff --git a/academic/STAR/STAR.SlackBuild b/academic/STAR/STAR.SlackBuild
index 0e9417d8bf..3bde7d7b72 100644
--- a/academic/STAR/STAR.SlackBuild
+++ b/academic/STAR/STAR.SlackBuild
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
 #  ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
 
 PRGNAM=STAR
-VERSION=${VERSION:-2.7.3a}
+VERSION=${VERSION:-2.7.5c}
 BUILD=${BUILD:-1}
 TAG=${TAG:-_SBo}
 
diff --git a/academic/STAR/STAR.info b/academic/STAR/STAR.info
index 2257366358..a1faa87078 100644
--- a/academic/STAR/STAR.info
+++ b/academic/STAR/STAR.info
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 PRGNAM="STAR"
-VERSION="2.7.3a"
+VERSION="2.7.5c"
 HOMEPAGE="https://github.com/alexdobin/STAR"
 DOWNLOAD="UNSUPPORTED"
 MD5SUM=""
-DOWNLOAD_x86_64="https://github.com/alexdobin/STAR/archive/2.7.3a/STAR-2.7.3a.tar.gz"
-MD5SUM_x86_64="6642ef8b8404d923fefe7c72348f12f4"
+DOWNLOAD_x86_64="https://github.com/alexdobin/STAR/archive/2.7.5c/STAR-2.7.5c.tar.gz"
+MD5SUM_x86_64="a3ee8a15ecbe06437678bad00be5229f"
 REQUIRES=""
 MAINTAINER="Rob van Nues"
 EMAIL="sborg63@disroot.org"