diff --git a/gnu/packages/cran.scm b/gnu/packages/cran.scm
index 893c835eb1..73d961ceac 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/cran.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/cran.scm
@@ -10127,14 +10127,14 @@ ways.")
 (define-public r-summarytools
   (package
     (name "r-summarytools")
-    (version "0.9.6")
+    (version "0.9.8")
     (source
      (origin
        (method url-fetch)
        (uri (cran-uri "summarytools" version))
        (sha256
         (base32
-         "03pcb2ild1rb9f15yq8b68p9bg10z5wk2x7ahgyzkwdh5f81vbq2"))))
+         "0n7rad6bkfn9cb99wbfzbwl5qzch48r0gafhddfcqvyh4fbn2k0j"))))
     (build-system r-build-system)
     (propagated-inputs
      `(("r-base64enc" ,r-base64enc)
@@ -10149,6 +10149,8 @@ ways.")
        ("r-rapportools" ,r-rapportools)
        ("r-tibble" ,r-tibble)
        ("r-tidyr" ,r-tidyr)))
+    (native-inputs
+     `(("r-knitr" ,r-knitr)))
     (home-page "https://github.com/dcomtois/summarytools")
     (synopsis "Tools to quickly and neatly summarize data")
     (description