diff --git a/biology/star/Makefile b/biology/star/Makefile
index c74302c77b6e..accd60435794 100644
--- a/biology/star/Makefile
+++ b/biology/star/Makefile
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # $FreeBSD$
 
 PORTNAME=	STAR
-DISTVERSION=	2.7.2d
+DISTVERSION=	2.7.3a
 CATEGORIES=	biology
 PKGNAMEPREFIX=	rna-
 
diff --git a/biology/star/distinfo b/biology/star/distinfo
index c5760a70cac8..9527dfa82397 100644
--- a/biology/star/distinfo
+++ b/biology/star/distinfo
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-TIMESTAMP = 1570398385
-SHA256 (alexdobin-STAR-2.7.2d_GH0.tar.gz) = 46eba14658082c93d7982c5b5898051c7139f1f9add9390de7c135f587b42ab4
-SIZE (alexdobin-STAR-2.7.2d_GH0.tar.gz) = 8142737
+TIMESTAMP = 1586376571
+SHA256 (alexdobin-STAR-2.7.3a_GH0.tar.gz) = de204175351dc5f5ecc40cf458f224617654bdb8e00df55f0bb03a5727bf26f9
+SIZE (alexdobin-STAR-2.7.3a_GH0.tar.gz) = 8550987