diff --git a/gnu/packages/bioinformatics.scm b/gnu/packages/bioinformatics.scm
index 6db0166a41..eb8db10a7d 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/bioinformatics.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/bioinformatics.scm
@@ -7873,13 +7873,13 @@ alignments.")
 (define-public r-rtracklayer
   (package
     (name "r-rtracklayer")
-    (version "1.42.2")
+    (version "1.44.0")
     (source (origin
               (method url-fetch)
               (uri (bioconductor-uri "rtracklayer" version))
               (sha256
                (base32
-                "1c76g6h9lx2nm7dvb2zp9dmrpk3vanx3zaz6q9clggpj7yj5lmjd"))))
+                "161gcks9b12993g9k27gf7wfh8lgd8m8rr7x2slgfqqssk0yrmpd"))))
     (build-system r-build-system)
     (arguments
      `(#:phases