diff --git a/gnu/packages/statistics.scm b/gnu/packages/statistics.scm
index 5d53852028..2e42ff7af9 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/statistics.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/statistics.scm
@@ -3985,14 +3985,14 @@ tests for whether a value is missing, empty or contains only @code{NA} and
 (define-public r-gdata
   (package
     (name "r-gdata")
-    (version "2.17.0")
+    (version "2.18.0")
     (source
      (origin
        (method url-fetch)
        (uri (cran-uri "gdata" version))
        (sha256
         (base32
-         "0kiy3jbcszlpmarg311spdsfi5pn89wgy742dxsbzxk8907fr5w0"))))
+         "0zwdj7lscgxr8r62ii8hbdh4mb7sa9w4f5nv32zzrxdvymcpya2b"))))
     (build-system r-build-system)
     (inputs
      `(("perl" ,perl)))