diff --git a/gnu/packages/bioconductor.scm b/gnu/packages/bioconductor.scm
index ee2f5bfb3b..33e26a4eab 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/bioconductor.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/bioconductor.scm
@@ -7360,14 +7360,14 @@ It allows searching of biological metadata using various criteria.")
 (define-public r-a4core
   (package
     (name "r-a4core")
-    (version "1.38.0")
+    (version "1.40.0")
     (source
      (origin
        (method url-fetch)
        (uri (bioconductor-uri "a4Core" version))
        (sha256
         (base32
-         "13mzhn92kqpbn58zmh96f6frkm85sv9137mldfzaljf6snk0spg2"))))
+         "00fi753nsayv0xspavw8r9ni1sim8ng33hp3d3kj2b8ihygd1s10"))))
     (properties `((upstream-name . "a4Core")))
     (build-system r-build-system)
     (propagated-inputs