diff --git a/gnu/packages/statistics.scm b/gnu/packages/statistics.scm
index 3b33a24708..83ac657fe6 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/statistics.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/statistics.scm
@@ -624,14 +624,14 @@ (define-public r-codetools
 (define-public r-foreign
   (package
     (name "r-foreign")
-    (version "0.8-86")
+    (version "0.8-87")
     (source
      (origin
        (method url-fetch)
        (uri (cran-uri "foreign" version))
        (sha256
         (base32
-         "1qf3x1vacc4sdcmw4mbh0251ii4xd8z1xmmd9isak75j100i4ad7"))))
+         "0mi8vf3bsvrn2nh9kxjlgsmvxrc8icw51scr0mscqyp8r3saq90s"))))
     (build-system r-build-system)
     (home-page "https://cran.r-project.org/web/packages/foreign")
     (synopsis "Read data stored by other statistics software")