diff --git a/gnu/packages/bioinformatics.scm b/gnu/packages/bioinformatics.scm
index 59eedb1e12..8a735fe92d 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/bioinformatics.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/bioinformatics.scm
@@ -5875,14 +5875,14 @@ data types as well.")
 (define-public r-annotate
   (package
     (name "r-annotate")
-    (version "1.56.0")
+    (version "1.56.1")
     (source
      (origin
        (method url-fetch)
        (uri (bioconductor-uri "annotate" version))
        (sha256
         (base32
-         "0wlrp3v2jxw9is98ap39dfi7z97kmw1wv1xi4h7yfh12zpj2r8l0"))))
+         "14c5xd9kasvcwg5gbjys2c1vizxhlqlzxakqc2kml0kw97hmx0rq"))))
     (build-system r-build-system)
     (propagated-inputs
      `(("r-annotationdbi" ,r-annotationdbi)