diff --git a/gnu/packages/statistics.scm b/gnu/packages/statistics.scm
index ccff2da1b6..dc47ea1e45 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/statistics.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/statistics.scm
@@ -3347,14 +3347,14 @@ Stochastic Neighbor Embedding using a Barnes-Hut implementation.")
 (define-public r-e1071
   (package
     (name "r-e1071")
-    (version "1.7-0.1")
+    (version "1.7-1")
     (source
      (origin
        (method url-fetch)
        (uri (cran-uri "e1071" version))
        (sha256
         (base32
-         "11fqm4shmksalkazcwvzfknp3amigw7fr8wdwanqa5v5kx7ihyq9"))))
+         "1zlxz3da216q6v6r4ff60il121xwz7g7m639vzdwglhw3jjh8psw"))))
     (build-system r-build-system)
     (propagated-inputs
      `(("r-class" ,r-class)))