diff --git a/tools/varvamp/macros.xml b/tools/varvamp/macros.xml
index cc2b54039f8..673a98c00c4 100644
--- a/tools/varvamp/macros.xml
+++ b/tools/varvamp/macros.xml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 <?xml version="1.0"?>
 <macros>
-    <token name="@TOOL_VERSION@">1.2.0</token>
-    <token name="@VERSION_SUFFIX@">1</token>
+    <token name="@TOOL_VERSION@">1.2.1</token>
+    <token name="@VERSION_SUFFIX@">0</token>
     <xml name="main_parameters">
         <conditional name="main_params">
             <param name="specify_how" type="select" label="How to set the main parameters, threshold for consensus nucleotides and max ambiguous nts per primer?">
diff --git a/tools/varvamp/varvamp.xml b/tools/varvamp/varvamp.xml
index cf329fcb98d..22c26e59c6d 100644
--- a/tools/varvamp/varvamp.xml
+++ b/tools/varvamp/varvamp.xml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
     </xrefs>
     <requirements>
         <requirement type="package" version="@TOOL_VERSION@">varvamp</requirement>
-        <requirement type="package" version="2.0.1">primer3-py</requirement>
+        <requirement type="package" version="2.0.3">primer3-py</requirement>
         <requirement type="package" version="0.7.17">seqfold</requirement>
     </requirements>
     <version_command>varvamp --version</version_command>