diff --git a/academic/STAR/STAR.SlackBuild b/academic/STAR/STAR.SlackBuild
index cad1405dbd..b5818beaec 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=${VERSION:-2.6.1c}
+VERSION=${VERSION:-2.6.1d}
 BUILD=${BUILD:-1}
 TAG=${TAG:-_SBo}
 
diff --git a/academic/STAR/STAR.info b/academic/STAR/STAR.info
index 0fba9f9ea6..8929bb763d 100644
--- a/academic/STAR/STAR.info
+++ b/academic/STAR/STAR.info
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 PRGNAM="STAR"
-VERSION="2.6.1c"
+VERSION="2.6.1d"
 HOMEPAGE="https://github.com/alexdobin/STAR"
 DOWNLOAD="UNSUPPORTED"
 MD5SUM=""
-DOWNLOAD_x86_64="https://github.com/alexdobin/STAR/archive/2.6.1c/STAR-2.6.1c.tar.gz"
-MD5SUM_x86_64="941624893bd66cd211cb11a1051ad1c1"
+DOWNLOAD_x86_64="https://github.com/alexdobin/STAR/archive/2.6.1d/STAR-2.6.1d.tar.gz"
+MD5SUM_x86_64="c74965ee85f551641175b63f8a26a6f5"
 REQUIRES=""
 MAINTAINER="Rob van Nues"
 EMAIL="sborg63@disroot.org"