diff --git a/gnu/packages/statistics.scm b/gnu/packages/statistics.scm
index 309dc7a85f..edfb22f842 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/statistics.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/statistics.scm
@@ -800,13 +800,13 @@ (define-public r-highr
 (define-public r-mime
   (package
     (name "r-mime")
-    (version "0.4")
+    (version "0.5")
     (source (origin
               (method url-fetch)
               (uri (cran-uri "mime" version))
               (sha256
                (base32
-                "145cdcg252w2zsq67dmvmsqka60msfp7agymlxs3gl3ihgiwg46p"))))
+                "0i91m3ivaja1k33jwcvz16pfjypkci27awm8glil7sxhmwaj3izw"))))
     (build-system r-build-system)
     (home-page "https://github.com/yihui/mime")
     (synopsis "R package to map filenames to MIME types")