diff --git a/gnu/packages/cran.scm b/gnu/packages/cran.scm
index 8b8c0a4132..557c166d37 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/cran.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/cran.scm
@@ -5490,14 +5490,14 @@ results to the user.")
 (define-public r-hdf5r
   (package
     (name "r-hdf5r")
-    (version "1.0.1")
+    (version "1.1.1")
     (source
      (origin
        (method url-fetch)
        (uri (cran-uri "hdf5r" version))
        (sha256
         (base32
-         "0h222q80li8rs3cv4c5lvv3g91ygd51w43ay6fwyk9q9d315vwrj"))))
+         "1cq4rdfd0rqvy29ml3x1iid142ljnscs8f4d2y1na13hlvkl3k05"))))
     (build-system r-build-system)
     (inputs
      `(("hdf5" ,hdf5)