diff --git a/gnu/packages/bioconductor.scm b/gnu/packages/bioconductor.scm
index b345a33a6f..71eb6128ac 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/bioconductor.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/bioconductor.scm
@@ -7097,13 +7097,13 @@ structures to hold pseudotime inference results.")
 (define-public r-slingshot
   (package
    (name "r-slingshot")
-   (version "2.4.0")
+   (version "2.6.0")
    (source (origin
             (method url-fetch)
             (uri (bioconductor-uri "slingshot" version))
             (sha256
              (base32
-              "0xapi66l5z2qdqns3fcjqcjal6npqj7rxra60lwjvbrq49pq69p2"))))
+              "00h9iid2z9r55l4hlaa1q0nkbcfq0f7k2afkw4ymjwhm1b8yqj33"))))
    (build-system r-build-system)
    (propagated-inputs
     (list r-igraph