diff --git a/gnu/packages/statistics.scm b/gnu/packages/statistics.scm
index 3f979c390d..5de2ef31e6 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/statistics.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/statistics.scm
@@ -2284,14 +2284,14 @@ module, Java Server Pages, and Python's psp module.")
 (define-public r-desc
   (package
     (name "r-desc")
-    (version "1.3.0")
+    (version "1.4.0")
     (source
      (origin
        (method url-fetch)
        (uri (cran-uri "desc" version))
        (sha256
         (base32
-         "1sw4vya3l971gpccq4gnjywgbl73bgx8la18l0wy617qv94f905y"))))
+         "0jfnwn1kpiill8v4hmzdk90yz4gk2ha0prr2p0hq36s40v3y8842"))))
     (build-system r-build-system)
     (propagated-inputs
      `(("r-crayon" ,r-crayon)