diff --git a/academic/bowtie2/bowtie2.SlackBuild b/academic/bowtie2/bowtie2.SlackBuild
index 7563c06ce5..8f74ea36e4 100644
--- a/academic/bowtie2/bowtie2.SlackBuild
+++ b/academic/bowtie2/bowtie2.SlackBuild
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 #  ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
 
 PRGNAM=bowtie2
-VERSION=${VERSION:-2.3.5}
+VERSION=${VERSION:-2.3.5.1}
 BUILD=${BUILD:-1}
 TAG=${TAG:-_SBo}
 
diff --git a/academic/bowtie2/bowtie2.info b/academic/bowtie2/bowtie2.info
index 92953a10cc..e3fb9e000c 100644
--- a/academic/bowtie2/bowtie2.info
+++ b/academic/bowtie2/bowtie2.info
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 PRGNAM="bowtie2"
-VERSION="2.3.5"
+VERSION="2.3.5.1"
 HOMEPAGE="https://github.com/BenLangmead/bowtie2/releases"
-DOWNLOAD="https://github.com/BenLangmead/bowtie2/archive/v2.3.5/bowtie2-2.3.5.tar.gz"
-MD5SUM="3124157b2a1d83092cfc304b762ed74b"
+DOWNLOAD="https://github.com/BenLangmead/bowtie2/archive/v2.3.5.1/bowtie2-2.3.5.1.tar.gz"
+MD5SUM="8afc22b107667ebe2d5b17f49dd37b4a"
 DOWNLOAD_x86_64=""
 MD5SUM_x86_64=""
 REQUIRES="tbb"