diff --git a/gnu/packages/bioconductor.scm b/gnu/packages/bioconductor.scm
index 62e44c6d10..8643589681 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/bioconductor.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/bioconductor.scm
@@ -10960,14 +10960,14 @@ achieved for all methods using the BiocParallel framework.")
 (define-public r-scaledmatrix
   (package
     (name "r-scaledmatrix")
-    (version "1.6.0")
+    (version "1.7.1")
     (source
      (origin
        (method url-fetch)
        (uri (bioconductor-uri "ScaledMatrix" version))
        (sha256
         (base32
-         "0lxr6z9zdrgvm06inc1d8gl2agqmbjvgs8f5ryn5x68hqlnchnl1"))))
+         "1l43qyvgfr4ys02ws843g25882c7wl3kcgjwav3msc9hhs2si0mg"))))
     (properties `((upstream-name . "ScaledMatrix")))
     (build-system r-build-system)
     (propagated-inputs