diff --git a/gnu/packages/cran.scm b/gnu/packages/cran.scm
index b38af193d6..eccc541196 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/cran.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/cran.scm
@@ -8957,14 +8957,14 @@ response matrices.")
 (define-public r-ordinal
   (package
     (name "r-ordinal")
-    (version "2022.11-16")
+    (version "2023.12-4")
     (source
      (origin
        (method url-fetch)
        (uri (cran-uri "ordinal" version))
        (sha256
         (base32
-         "14yld28vjmvxbwz6mapfri4vrj3nsf9p73fn2z80j6jkz8fsv22l"))))
+         "18lzpmf36vvc3krk7jqz7naikhrcdyplj2z9y6xgzlnzhgcjln7m"))))
     (build-system r-build-system)
     (propagated-inputs
      (list r-mass r-matrix r-nlme r-numderiv r-ucminf))