diff --git a/gnu/packages/cran.scm b/gnu/packages/cran.scm
index 3754292c47..46688251bd 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/cran.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/cran.scm
@@ -4541,20 +4541,22 @@ plotting.  a three dimensional point cloud.")
 (define-public r-ggridges
   (package
     (name "r-ggridges")
-    (version "0.5.2")
+    (version "0.5.3")
     (source
      (origin
        (method url-fetch)
        (uri (cran-uri "ggridges" version))
        (sha256
         (base32
-         "03pz257aw0mkh5k75rby9givkc1ky3n5scvhjhjiz9vry9fpffmh"))))
+         "0bmlqy1p6rac90af97ffpdi6php7dblx66l2hcm8ljidgyqzmspm"))))
     (build-system r-build-system)
     (propagated-inputs
      `(("r-ggplot2" ,r-ggplot2)
        ("r-plyr" ,r-plyr)
        ("r-scales" ,r-scales)
        ("r-withr" ,r-withr)))
+    (native-inputs
+     `(("r-knitr" ,r-knitr)))
     (home-page "https://github.com/clauswilke/ggridges")
     (synopsis "Ridgeline plots in ggplot2")
     (description