diff --git a/gnu/packages/cran.scm b/gnu/packages/cran.scm
index 40f4fa58c9..0f2cb31e32 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/cran.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/cran.scm
@@ -1775,14 +1775,14 @@ for certain use cases.")
 (define-public r-ggrepel
   (package
     (name "r-ggrepel")
-    (version "0.7.0")
+    (version "0.8.0")
     (source
      (origin
        (method url-fetch)
        (uri (cran-uri "ggrepel" version))
        (sha256
         (base32
-         "0g0qfm6g71rv27423c1x846ipilnj213knyzrcr09vrpxc87l618"))))
+         "1m3p84d6nh9mzzvxb82vgig3ngcvkz86rjwzl9a66ckdf5p611k3"))))
     (build-system r-build-system)
     (propagated-inputs
      `(("r-ggplot2" ,r-ggplot2)