diff --git a/gnu/packages/bioinformatics.scm b/gnu/packages/bioinformatics.scm
index fe42c4ee9b..dc15aa75a8 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/bioinformatics.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/bioinformatics.scm
@@ -10580,14 +10580,14 @@ (define-public r-beachmat
 (define-public r-singlecellexperiment
   (package
     (name "r-singlecellexperiment")
-    (version "1.6.0")
+    (version "1.8.0")
     (source
      (origin
        (method url-fetch)
        (uri (bioconductor-uri "SingleCellExperiment" version))
        (sha256
         (base32
-         "0m3yjnv1njb4gyzcjfk7a0lz2vgggp2wjz382gqrb0qhhwcgfkj5"))))
+         "11pqb3cigi9xbhxq2k3n7z23v1ibd03ws1lcrh5c5ffgb33nlyw5"))))
     (properties
      `((upstream-name . "SingleCellExperiment")))
     (build-system r-build-system)