diff --git a/gnu/packages/cran.scm b/gnu/packages/cran.scm
index 925e6efd6b..c649bcd214 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/cran.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/cran.scm
@@ -9640,14 +9640,14 @@ (define-public r-scatterplot3d
 (define-public r-ggridges
   (package
     (name "r-ggridges")
-    (version "0.5.4")
+    (version "0.5.5")
     (source
      (origin
        (method url-fetch)
        (uri (cran-uri "ggridges" version))
        (sha256
         (base32
-         "0lfqx21g09s3fp74mld47qfx1nnav18xqj37griyqk406hh1rxrb"))))
+         "18bmbq5pd751hnw8rpvshvapg09630i2pqpwk5a3yhgz4hwa8xvm"))))
     (build-system r-build-system)
     (propagated-inputs
      (list r-ggplot2 r-scales r-withr))