diff --git a/libraries/htslib/htslib.SlackBuild b/libraries/htslib/htslib.SlackBuild
index a41bca6523..aca959998c 100644
--- a/libraries/htslib/htslib.SlackBuild
+++ b/libraries/htslib/htslib.SlackBuild
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 # Slackware build script for htslib
 
-# Copyright 2018-2020 Rob van Nues # All rights reserved.
+# Copyright 2018-2021 Rob van Nues # All rights reserved.
 #
 # Redistribution and use of this script, with or without modification, is
 # permitted provided that the following conditions are met:
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
 #  ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
 
 PRGNAM=htslib
-VERSION=${VERSION:-1.11}
+VERSION=${VERSION:-1.12}
 BUILD=${BUILD:-1}
 TAG=${TAG:-_SBo}
 
diff --git a/libraries/htslib/htslib.info b/libraries/htslib/htslib.info
index 334085905e..6254e8b507 100644
--- a/libraries/htslib/htslib.info
+++ b/libraries/htslib/htslib.info
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 PRGNAM="htslib"
-VERSION="1.11"
+VERSION="1.12"
 HOMEPAGE="http://www.htslib.org"
-DOWNLOAD="https://github.com/samtools/htslib/releases/download/1.11/htslib-1.11.tar.bz2"
-MD5SUM="c488c7a79283e5252c04cae335ee80e8"
+DOWNLOAD="https://github.com/samtools/htslib/releases/download/1.12/htslib-1.12.tar.bz2"
+MD5SUM="c55c73099e2c5d71b084c267a9f20258"
 DOWNLOAD_x86_64=""
 MD5SUM_x86_64=""
 REQUIRES=""