diff --git a/gnu/packages/bioinformatics.scm b/gnu/packages/bioinformatics.scm
index 46ac945095..eb7151936b 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/bioinformatics.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/bioinformatics.scm
@@ -4565,13 +4565,13 @@ utilities for sequence data management under the ACNUC system.")
 (define-public r-iranges
   (package
     (name "r-iranges")
-    (version "2.6.0")
+    (version "2.6.1")
     (source (origin
               (method url-fetch)
               (uri (bioconductor-uri "IRanges" version))
               (sha256
                (base32
-                "0dz7z0pk8hq79mcgylw920999s08h6j8xrl31rdxhssmi7l8v6vy"))))
+                "06pyam3bjjfw2m3l86rda503lsz2jcg645lcnhvrz6qi0nv359yg"))))
     (properties
      `((upstream-name . "IRanges")))
     (build-system r-build-system)