diff --git a/gnu/packages/cran.scm b/gnu/packages/cran.scm
index 3c4df1fca3b..1b53ad850a5 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/cran.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/cran.scm
@@ -10174,14 +10174,14 @@ for certain use cases.")
 (define-public r-ggrepel
   (package
     (name "r-ggrepel")
-    (version "0.9.5")
+    (version "0.9.6")
     (source
      (origin
        (method url-fetch)
        (uri (cran-uri "ggrepel" version))
        (sha256
         (base32
-         "1alcrw304bn6c2i64rxxjkzk3il19gq30gyj3sb4blradkjh1rni"))))
+         "04kj9qzcws6wfw9pf3s6w4phpqywyv6j617l7907plkpcgd6x2i6"))))
     (build-system r-build-system)
     (propagated-inputs
      (list r-ggplot2 r-rcpp r-rlang r-scales r-withr))