diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index fe98186..47230fe 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -616,9 +616,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "rust-htslib"
-version = "0.38.2"
+version = "0.39.5"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "2aca6626496389f6e015e25433b85e2895ad3644b44de91167d847bf2d8c1a1c"
+checksum = "239ef7334dbf59acd56b7a6fa62a525ed7e36d6239a686ed4ff61bc794108e53"
 dependencies = [
  "bio-types",
  "byteorder",
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 4f32125..0c8c739 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ curl = ["rust-htslib/curl"]
 
 [dependencies]
 docopt = "*"
-rust-htslib = { version = "0.38", default-features = false }
+rust-htslib = { version = "0.39", default-features = false }
 flate2 = { version = "1.0", features = ["zlib"], default-features = false }
 libz-sys = "1.1.5"
 shardio = "0.8.2"