diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/blast-plus/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/blast-plus/package.py
index 9faef127ed..4a78e8109d 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/blast-plus/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/blast-plus/package.py
@@ -10,10 +10,11 @@ class BlastPlus(AutotoolsPackage):
     """Basic Local Alignment Search Tool."""
 
     homepage = "https://blast.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/"
-    url = "https://ftp.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/blast/executables/blast+/2.12.0/ncbi-blast-2.12.0+-src.tar.gz"
+    url = "https://ftp.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/blast/executables/blast+/2.13.0/ncbi-blast-2.13.0+-src.tar.gz"
 
     maintainers = ["weijianwen"]
 
+    version("2.13.0", sha256="89553714d133daf28c477f83d333794b3c62e4148408c072a1b4620e5ec4feb2")
     version("2.12.0", sha256="fda3c9c9d488cad6c1880a98a236d842bcf3610e3e702af61f7a48cf0a714b88")
     version("2.11.0", sha256="d88e1858ae7ce553545a795a2120e657a799a6d334f2a07ef0330cc3e74e1954")
     version("2.9.0", sha256="a390cc2d7a09422759fc178db84de9def822cbe485916bbb2ec0d215dacdc257")
@@ -45,6 +46,8 @@ def patch(self):
     # No...
     # depends_on :mysql => :optional
 
+    depends_on("cpio", type="build")
+
     variant("static", default=False, description="Build with static linkage")
     variant("jpeg", default=True, description="Build with jpeg support")
     variant("png", default=True, description="Build with png support")