diff --git a/gnu/packages/bioconductor.scm b/gnu/packages/bioconductor.scm
index 5ffb7c4e3c..1348be9f9c 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/bioconductor.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/bioconductor.scm
@@ -3621,14 +3621,14 @@ investigation using RNA-seq data.")
 (define-public r-aucell
   (package
     (name "r-aucell")
-    (version "1.6.0")
+    (version "1.6.1")
     (source
      (origin
        (method url-fetch)
        (uri (bioconductor-uri "AUCell" version))
        (sha256
         (base32
-         "025q1as9pifbxa7hidlz634q6d7l73zx8mqy4rjbfrk7d5615xvm"))))
+         "1vd8w6dygn1b5bwlha09mm6fbwyj07pmawpv53agcg1y7jlxs31b"))))
     (properties `((upstream-name . "AUCell")))
     (build-system r-build-system)
     (propagated-inputs