diff --git a/gnu/packages/bioinformatics.scm b/gnu/packages/bioinformatics.scm
index f74f2d69d4..d4b9e31cf2 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/bioinformatics.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/bioinformatics.scm
@@ -10669,14 +10669,14 @@ provided.")
 (define-public r-qvalue
   (package
     (name "r-qvalue")
-    (version "2.10.0")
+    (version "2.12.0")
     (source
      (origin
        (method url-fetch)
        (uri (bioconductor-uri "qvalue" version))
        (sha256
         (base32
-         "1rd9rnf16kh8wc076kahd9hsb9rfwsbzmz3kjmp0pj6rbiq0051i"))))
+         "1ndwkj0hh7v4lwylq1v0fkxqs7mfmbcj8kxbdpj1wkvf131z2ns8"))))
     (build-system r-build-system)
     (propagated-inputs
      `(("r-ggplot2" ,r-ggplot2)