diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index 1b3db87e..3cff2901 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-1.2.188
+1.2.189
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 2b72f9a1..45c799ce 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 tqdm>=4.64
 pytables>=3.7
-prodigal>=2.6.3
+pyrodigal>=3.0.1
 aragorn>=1.2.41
 infernal>=1.1.4
 mmseqs2>=13.45111