diff --git a/gnu/packages/bioinformatics.scm b/gnu/packages/bioinformatics.scm
index 893e3c2582..cab3df222c 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/bioinformatics.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/bioinformatics.scm
@@ -6357,14 +6357,14 @@ bioinformatics file formats, sequence alignment, and more.")
 (define-public seqmagick
   (package
     (name "seqmagick")
-    (version "0.7.0")
+    (version "0.8.0")
     (source
      (origin
        (method url-fetch)
        (uri (pypi-uri "seqmagick" version))
        (sha256
         (base32
-         "12bfyp8nqi0hd36rmj450aygafp01qy3hkbvlwn3bk39pyjjkgg5"))))
+         "0pf98da7i59q47gwrbx0wjk6xlvbybiwphw80w7h4ydjj0579a2b"))))
     (build-system python-build-system)
     (inputs
      `(("python-biopython" ,python-biopython)))