diff --git a/gnu/packages/cran.scm b/gnu/packages/cran.scm
index 88ee6614e9..a44cc6e54b 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/cran.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/cran.scm
@@ -287,14 +287,14 @@ component analysis (with robust methods, and parallelized functions).")
 (define-public r-ape
   (package
     (name "r-ape")
-    (version "5.0")
+    (version "5.1")
     (source
      (origin
        (method url-fetch)
        (uri (cran-uri "ape" version))
        (sha256
         (base32
-         "0q59pmxawz498cb9mv5m49lhiwxib8ak94yyydz7qg8b6lpd4bn3"))))
+         "0vm2065993wf4hdqarxqykhfz9aaj0rrb98alhkq4qw1d2kdrmdp"))))
     (build-system r-build-system)
     (propagated-inputs
      `(("r-lattice" ,r-lattice)