diff --git a/gnu/packages/cran.scm b/gnu/packages/cran.scm
index 864ab0a1ae..2403dd705d 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/cran.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/cran.scm
@@ -7461,20 +7461,22 @@ matches version and feature constraints.")
 (define-public r-argparse
   (package
     (name "r-argparse")
-    (version "2.0.1")
+    (version "2.0.3")
     (source
      (origin
        (method url-fetch)
        (uri (cran-uri "argparse" version))
        (sha256
         (base32
-         "1as7h6z7kzgv0fqzpnp76qbm96b4jcd37azd58b7rz0l1n94764l"))))
+         "1c2r417m1dxk1jhcggv3g4zax5a59k9rqs9jcs6xy2pa2333jqfj"))))
     (build-system r-build-system)
     (inputs `(("python" ,python)))
     (propagated-inputs
      `(("r-findpython" ,r-findpython)
        ("r-jsonlite" ,r-jsonlite)
        ("r-r6" ,r-r6)))
+    (native-inputs
+     `(("r-knitr" ,r-knitr)))
     (home-page "https://github.com/trevorld/argparse")
     (synopsis "Command line optional and positional argument parser")
     (description