diff --git a/srcpkgs/mongo-c-driver/template b/srcpkgs/mongo-c-driver/template
index 7de65ff4f5..5dac4e6f34 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/mongo-c-driver/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/mongo-c-driver/template
@@ -1,9 +1,11 @@
 # Template file for 'mongo-c-driver'
 pkgname=mongo-c-driver
-version=1.12.0
+version=1.13.0
 revision=1
 wrksrc="mongo-c-driver-${version}"
 build_style=cmake
+configure_args="-DENABLE_ZLIB=SYSTEM -DENABLE_SNAPPY=SYSTEM -DENABLE_EXAMPLES=OFF
+ -DENABLE_TESTS=OFF"
 hostmakedepends="perl pkg-config"
 makedepends="zlib-devel snappy-devel libsasl-devel"
 short_desc="A client library written in C for MongoDB"
@@ -12,7 +14,7 @@ license="Apache-2.0"
 homepage="http://mongoc.org/"
 changelog="https://github.com/mongodb/mongo-c-driver/${version}/NEWS"
 distfiles="https://github.com/mongodb/mongo-c-driver/releases/download/${version}/mongo-c-driver-${version}.tar.gz"
-checksum=e5924207f6ccbdf74a9b95305b150e96b3296a71f2aafbb21e647dc28d580c68
+checksum=25164e03b08baf9f2dd88317f1a36ba36b09f563291a7cf241f0af8676155b8d
 
 do_check() {
 	: #requires a running MongoDB instance