diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index e6ea29315c..b73fc1b974 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
     <hadoop.version>2.7.5</hadoop.version>
     <hadoop-bam.version>7.9.2</hadoop-bam.version>
     <slf4j.version>1.7.25</slf4j.version>
-    <bdg-formats.version>0.12.0</bdg-formats.version>
+    <bdg-formats.version>0.13.0</bdg-formats.version>
     <bdg-utils.version>0.2.15</bdg-utils.version>
     <grizzled-slf4j.version>1.3.3</grizzled-slf4j.version>
     <htsjdk.version>2.18.2</htsjdk.version>