diff --git a/gnu/packages/cran.scm b/gnu/packages/cran.scm
index a7a89b8240..db1810407a 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/cran.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/cran.scm
@@ -9929,14 +9929,14 @@ plotting.  a three dimensional point cloud.")
 (define-public r-ggridges
   (package
     (name "r-ggridges")
-    (version "0.5.5")
+    (version "0.5.6")
     (source
      (origin
        (method url-fetch)
        (uri (cran-uri "ggridges" version))
        (sha256
         (base32
-         "18bmbq5pd751hnw8rpvshvapg09630i2pqpwk5a3yhgz4hwa8xvm"))))
+         "0dafd10ny6l2rlr1y453rhjiy17a33k15f82nk31238mk8qamk7g"))))
     (build-system r-build-system)
     (propagated-inputs
      (list r-ggplot2 r-scales r-withr))