diff --git a/gnu/packages/statistics.scm b/gnu/packages/statistics.scm
index 32dc64c991..774d1e794d 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/statistics.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/statistics.scm
@@ -1560,13 +1560,13 @@ syntax that can be converted to XHTML or other formats.")
 (define-public r-yaml
   (package
     (name "r-yaml")
-    (version "2.3.7")
+    (version "2.3.8")
     (source (origin
               (method url-fetch)
               (uri (cran-uri "yaml" version))
               (sha256
                (base32
-                "1aw0cvaqw8a0d1r3cplj5kiabkcyz8fghcpi0ax8mi7rw0cv436j"))))
+                "1n1zlbnq3ldipnnm08whpvm8r21vxg4c9jzg7x7j3blw2pi7kl4y"))))
     (build-system r-build-system)
     (home-page "https://cran.r-project.org/web/packages/yaml/")
     (synopsis "Methods to convert R data to YAML and back")