diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index <HASH>..<HASH> 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ def read(*names, **kwargs):
 
 required_libs = [
     'degenerate-dna==0.0.9',
-    'seqrecord-expanded==0.2.7',
+    'seqrecord-expanded==0.2.9',
     'six==1.10.0',
 ]
fixed version of seqrecord expanded