diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index de2e9af4..bd1312d1 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -1309,7 +1309,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "indicatif",
  "log",
  "lz4_flex 0.12.1",
- "noodles-core 0.16.0",
+ "noodles-core 0.19.0",
  "noodles-fasta",
  "noodles-vcf 0.80.0 (git+https://github.com/biodatageeks/noodles.git?rev=9b7b2c5b6531373918302d4c07410e583f1b5b5c)",
  "parquet",
@@ -3413,6 +3413,15 @@ dependencies = [
  "bstr",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "noodles-core"
+version = "0.19.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "53e1e8a419dbba0e4000b0e60830b124138c7f2277ad556463506f1a81d32d17"
+dependencies = [
+ "bstr",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "noodles-cram"
 version = "0.79.0"
diff --git a/datafusion/bio-function-vep/Cargo.toml b/datafusion/bio-function-vep/Cargo.toml
index 73f3b9f7..6daed2dd 100644
--- a/datafusion/bio-function-vep/Cargo.toml
+++ b/datafusion/bio-function-vep/Cargo.toml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ ahash = { version = "0.8.6", optional = true }
 flate2 = "1.1.0"
 coitrees = "0.4.0"
 serde_json = "1"
-noodles-core = "0.16"
+noodles-core = "0.19"
 noodles-fasta = "0.49"
 parquet = { version = "56", features = ["arrow"] }
 datafusion-bio-format-vcf = { git = "https://github.com/biodatageeks/datafusion-bio-formats.git", rev = "5fc6a6fc26c4300402d9283d69d9d521e96abc60" }