diff --git a/gnu/packages/cran.scm b/gnu/packages/cran.scm
index 3f49d29073..2b138ef393 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/cran.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/cran.scm
@@ -3923,18 +3923,19 @@ (define-public r-pdist
 (define-public r-ggrepel
   (package
     (name "r-ggrepel")
-    (version "0.8.2")
+    (version "0.9.1")
     (source
      (origin
        (method url-fetch)
        (uri (cran-uri "ggrepel" version))
        (sha256
         (base32
-         "1qaifn3dazdqbqlii210xhw7yf142iw7g9p2axmmxbz90p0by08d"))))
+         "1z5xyr5f4aryy0v1gzz9m8m4s5fzzwbrf0fxll1nbflr8xnr3yr9"))))
     (build-system r-build-system)
     (propagated-inputs
      `(("r-ggplot2" ,r-ggplot2)
        ("r-rcpp" ,r-rcpp)
+       ("r-rlang" ,r-rlang)
        ("r-scales" ,r-scales)))
     (native-inputs
      `(("r-knitr" ,r-knitr))) ; for vignettes