diff --git a/gnu/packages/bioinformatics.scm b/gnu/packages/bioinformatics.scm
index 8e1da7c4a9..19826a333e 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/bioinformatics.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/bioinformatics.scm
@@ -6498,14 +6498,14 @@ (define-public r-getopt
 (define-public r-optparse
   (package
     (name "r-optparse")
-    (version "1.3.2")
+    (version "1.4.4")
     (source
      (origin
        (method url-fetch)
        (uri (cran-uri "optparse" version))
        (sha256
         (base32
-         "1g8as89r91xxi5j5azsd6vrfrhg84mnfx2683j7pacdp8s33radw"))))
+         "1ff4wmsszrb3spwfp7ynfs8w11qpy1sdzfxm1wk8dqqvdwris7qb"))))
     (build-system r-build-system)
     (propagated-inputs
      `(("r-getopt" ,r-getopt)))