diff --git a/gnu/packages/cran.scm b/gnu/packages/cran.scm
index 4779e916da..82127bccf4 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/cran.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/cran.scm
@@ -2773,14 +2773,14 @@ (define-public r-pdist
 (define-public r-ggrepel
   (package
     (name "r-ggrepel")
-    (version "0.8.0")
+    (version "0.8.1")
     (source
      (origin
        (method url-fetch)
        (uri (cran-uri "ggrepel" version))
        (sha256
         (base32
-         "1m3p84d6nh9mzzvxb82vgig3ngcvkz86rjwzl9a66ckdf5p611k3"))))
+         "10vjrcmx8yknfbx93d9a4y3z8gafri0fhimw6hcq733dmdvkml6m"))))
     (build-system r-build-system)
     (propagated-inputs
      `(("r-ggplot2" ,r-ggplot2)