diff --git a/gnu/packages/bioconductor.scm b/gnu/packages/bioconductor.scm
index fcee3485d1..0f93e910b5 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/bioconductor.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/bioconductor.scm
@@ -15730,14 +15730,14 @@ arrays based on fast wavelet-based functional models.")
 (define-public r-variancepartition
   (package
     (name "r-variancepartition")
-    (version "1.28.7")
+    (version "1.28.9")
     (source
      (origin
        (method url-fetch)
        (uri (bioconductor-uri "variancePartition" version))
        (sha256
         (base32
-         "0iv5c5p0g4axhanc62mmk0c43qcwdsxzslxh5qdck0v1kb7bd1d9"))))
+         "1al7wkbv26gldba61gq80c3mznsxwr7z5njv2s0lb7hnll9bscar"))))
     (properties
      `((upstream-name . "variancePartition")))
     (build-system r-build-system)