diff --git a/gnu/packages/bioconductor.scm b/gnu/packages/bioconductor.scm
index 90076890eb..566fa31e1c 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/bioconductor.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/bioconductor.scm
@@ -11227,14 +11227,14 @@ visualize bioinformatics analyses.")
 (define-public r-graphite
   (package
     (name "r-graphite")
-    (version "1.36.0")
+    (version "1.38.0")
     (source
      (origin
        (method url-fetch)
        (uri (bioconductor-uri "graphite" version))
        (sha256
         (base32
-         "1ihza8m397qfvr79fhghs2knmw862hwz2akysy39r8hndv6lc7wk"))))
+         "11bgz6951nfygxp3fm0190gf2bb5zplis1bc0am4757liw4qybhf"))))
     (properties `((upstream-name . "graphite")))
     (build-system r-build-system)
     (propagated-inputs
@@ -11243,6 +11243,8 @@ visualize bioinformatics analyses.")
        ("r-graph" ,r-graph)
        ("r-httr" ,r-httr)
        ("r-rappdirs" ,r-rappdirs)))
+    (native-inputs
+     `(("r-knitr" ,r-knitr)))
     (home-page "https://bioconductor.org/packages/graphite/")
     (synopsis "Networks from pathway databases")
     (description