diff --git a/gnu/packages/cran.scm b/gnu/packages/cran.scm
index 87f6a4e3f5..e48de0d73a 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/cran.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/cran.scm
@@ -4899,14 +4899,14 @@ multivariate and 5 functional classification problems are included.")
 (define-public r-gower
   (package
     (name "r-gower")
-    (version "0.2.2")
+    (version "1.0.0")
     (source
      (origin
        (method url-fetch)
        (uri (cran-uri "gower" version))
        (sha256
         (base32
-         "0c9n921wn4hhlvjq96r4nkk96s5788376cbldr7y7bwz348200iz"))))
+         "0p9qx9aafkdm7wibfwk59jzw6vspsff6zwp84bc40lg0myxbf737"))))
     (build-system r-build-system)
     (home-page "https://github.com/markvanderloo/gower")
     (synopsis "Gower's distance")