diff --git a/gnu/packages/bioinformatics.scm b/gnu/packages/bioinformatics.scm
index f79a6e0cf4..2b46eb4ac9 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/bioinformatics.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/bioinformatics.scm
@@ -7502,13 +7502,13 @@ checks on R packages that are to be submitted to the Bioconductor repository.")
 (define-public r-s4vectors
   (package
     (name "r-s4vectors")
-    (version "0.24.3")
+    (version "0.24.4")
     (source (origin
               (method url-fetch)
               (uri (bioconductor-uri "S4Vectors" version))
               (sha256
                (base32
-                "01f7dms4kw9ajwqlvh5s47riv748xrrs41na03byhjvn4fbdc44y"))))
+                "1fzs8j2d3wwfzm2fq63ywf68a4dbggyl5l098f148yn4jw7jd3bc"))))
     (properties
      `((upstream-name . "S4Vectors")))
     (build-system r-build-system)