diff --git a/gnu/packages/bioinformatics.scm b/gnu/packages/bioinformatics.scm
index e1a368b10f..d0e74c89c0 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/bioinformatics.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/bioinformatics.scm
@@ -10536,14 +10536,14 @@ by Ernst and Kellis.")
 (define-public r-ldblock
   (package
     (name "r-ldblock")
-    (version "1.10.0")
+    (version "1.12.0")
     (source
      (origin
        (method url-fetch)
        (uri (bioconductor-uri "ldblock" version))
        (sha256
         (base32
-         "0c24zvnwsp39d3q0bps13sc441jj9ms2zi34xsb8c392lqmbypvd"))))
+         "0xbf4pmhrk5fnd1iz5wzjvdr75v114bwpznhcig4wiqmxc27sips"))))
     (build-system r-build-system)
     (propagated-inputs
      `(("r-biocgenerics" ,r-biocgenerics)