diff --git a/gnu/packages/bioinformatics.scm b/gnu/packages/bioinformatics.scm
index 4891bb15af..78d6fe8718 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/bioinformatics.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/bioinformatics.scm
@@ -9953,6 +9953,16 @@ (define-public r-ggbio
         (base32
          "0wq49qqzkcn8s19xgaxf2s1j1a563d7pbhhvris6fhxfdjsz4934"))))
     (build-system r-build-system)
+    (arguments
+     `(#:phases
+       (modify-phases %standard-phases
+         ;; See https://github.com/tengfei/ggbio/issues/117
+         ;; This fix will be included in the next release.
+         (add-after 'unpack 'fix-typo
+           (lambda _
+             (substitute* "R/GGbio-class.R"
+               (("fechable") "fetchable"))
+             #t)))))
     (propagated-inputs
      `(("r-annotationdbi" ,r-annotationdbi)
        ("r-annotationfilter" ,r-annotationfilter)