diff --git a/plugins/breakpoint-split-view/package.json b/plugins/breakpoint-split-view/package.json
index 2a955b775f..f99d2ebcd9 100644
--- a/plugins/breakpoint-split-view/package.json
+++ b/plugins/breakpoint-split-view/package.json
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@
     "clean": "rimraf dist esm *.tsbuildinfo"
   },
   "dependencies": {
-    "@gmod/vcf": "^5.0.5",
+    "@gmod/vcf": "^5.0.9",
     "@mui/icons-material": "^5.0.1",
     "svg-path-generator": "^1.1.0"
   },
diff --git a/plugins/spreadsheet-view/package.json b/plugins/spreadsheet-view/package.json
index ddcf6fabbc..082f46ece7 100644
--- a/plugins/spreadsheet-view/package.json
+++ b/plugins/spreadsheet-view/package.json
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@
   },
   "dependencies": {
     "@gmod/bgzf-filehandle": "^1.4.3",
-    "@gmod/vcf": "^5.0.5",
+    "@gmod/vcf": "^5.0.9",
     "@jbrowse/plugin-variants": "^2.2.1",
     "@mui/icons-material": "^5.0.1",
     "csvtojson": "^2.0.10"
diff --git a/plugins/variants/package.json b/plugins/variants/package.json
index 2c14c32be0..18d49088e6 100644
--- a/plugins/variants/package.json
+++ b/plugins/variants/package.json
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@
     "@flatten-js/interval-tree": "^1.0.15",
     "@gmod/bgzf-filehandle": "^1.4.3",
     "@gmod/tabix": "^1.5.2",
-    "@gmod/vcf": "^5.0.5",
+    "@gmod/vcf": "^5.0.9",
     "@mui/icons-material": "^5.0.2",
     "@mui/x-data-grid": "^5.0.1",
     "generic-filehandle": "^3.0.0"
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index 73383ef40a..4b5b6410e7 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -1652,10 +1652,10 @@
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@gmod/ucsc-hub/-/ucsc-hub-0.1.6.tgz#62c3ef806c542f255381d7fe59faa16ab2f95bf5"
   integrity sha512-7WggfnPpNsELg0GGszEpXJhlGK3jnKcJsyGY6oPIfKwf7M+1a9gLbeqperuLlINPXuM4oQ0H4hlad9YUNYEGeg==
 
-"@gmod/vcf@^5.0.5":
-  version "5.0.8"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@gmod/vcf/-/vcf-5.0.8.tgz#97fde5a39df20ffb488a9ae419580b99def16ca4"
-  integrity sha512-nba3qxE6aGTrljqG+zOhqK46+l8c8hQnr+SqlYteo2Ee20Zh8pZQv2959+/n2xMQ5/DZwdE/NrQxxu3vgAyabg==
+"@gmod/vcf@^5.0.9":
+  version "5.0.9"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@gmod/vcf/-/vcf-5.0.9.tgz#258ea28c5343efcfc2d510f9c5cda45b00bc66d8"
+  integrity sha512-pqv1irMcJ8qO9YvVwEvtD9YD6Up3YsYp5FplWOK+mR5YtsiopPQKNgmkL1Ks3Jv9aQNko0wQ9T1FZkNgzd6Fzg==
 
 "@hapi/hoek@^9.0.0":
   version "9.3.0"