diff --git a/gnu/packages/cran.scm b/gnu/packages/cran.scm
index c057ae36cd..66bea52fb2 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/cran.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/cran.scm
@@ -822,14 +822,16 @@ (define-public r-httpuv
 (define-public r-jsonlite
   (package
     (name "r-jsonlite")
-    (version "1.6.1")
+    (version "1.7.0")
     (source (origin
               (method url-fetch)
               (uri (cran-uri "jsonlite" version))
               (sha256
                (base32
-                "0xrki07wc17bkmhz0h7jay784j1sls2i9bf1mfpj6yl59791v4kl"))))
+                "1izfrk5yahsz6s69wanfspn72qdffjglbr5305akj72ig9fnladq"))))
     (build-system r-build-system)
+    (native-inputs
+     `(("r-knitr" ,r-knitr)))
     (home-page "https://arxiv.org/abs/1403.2805")
     (synopsis "Robust, high performance JSON parser and generator for R")
     (description