diff --git a/academic/bcftools/bcftools.SlackBuild b/academic/bcftools/bcftools.SlackBuild
index ccfd667c5d..72eb090bf4 100644
--- a/academic/bcftools/bcftools.SlackBuild
+++ b/academic/bcftools/bcftools.SlackBuild
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
-# Slackware build script for samtools
+# Slackware build script for bcftools
 
 # Copyright 2017-2021 Rob van Nues # All rights reserved.
 #
@@ -21,11 +21,10 @@
 #  OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF
 #  ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
 
-
 cd $(dirname $0) ; CWD=$(pwd)
 
 PRGNAM=bcftools
-VERSION=${VERSION:-1.12}
+VERSION=${VERSION:-1.13}
 BUILD=${BUILD:-1}
 TAG=${TAG:-_SBo}
 PKGTYPE=${PKGTYPE:-tgz}
@@ -45,7 +44,6 @@ if [ ! -z "${PRINT_PACKAGE_NAME}" ]; then
   echo "$PRGNAM-$VERSION-$ARCH-$BUILD$TAG.$PKGTYPE"
   exit 0
 fi
-
 TMP=${TMP:-/tmp/SBo}
 PKG=$TMP/package-$PRGNAM
 OUTPUT=${OUTPUT:-/tmp}
diff --git a/academic/bcftools/bcftools.info b/academic/bcftools/bcftools.info
index ad211ee207..fd44d1a70c 100644
--- a/academic/bcftools/bcftools.info
+++ b/academic/bcftools/bcftools.info
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 PRGNAM="bcftools"
-VERSION="1.12"
+VERSION="1.13"
 HOMEPAGE="http://www.htslib.org"
-DOWNLOAD="https://github.com/samtools/bcftools/releases/download/1.12/bcftools-1.12.tar.bz2"
-MD5SUM="d3622cb3e52039055fd91ad65ea5131e"
+DOWNLOAD="https://github.com/samtools/bcftools/releases/download/1.13/bcftools-1.13.tar.bz2"
+MD5SUM="c540ca90d61b7bb395f52aafc959fd4a"
 DOWNLOAD_x86_64=""
 MD5SUM_x86_64=""
 REQUIRES="htslib"