diff --git a/gnu/packages/machine-learning.scm b/gnu/packages/machine-learning.scm
index 3ddd56f69b..14fc2a0a72 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/machine-learning.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/machine-learning.scm
@@ -4550,70 +4550,74 @@ (define-public python-hmmlearn
 
 ;; Keep this in sync with the r-torch package.
 (define-public liblantern
-  (package
-    (name "liblantern")
-    (version "0.10.0")
-    (source
-     (origin
-       (method git-fetch)
-       (uri (git-reference
-             (url "https://github.com/mlverse/torch")
-             (commit (string-append "v" version))))
-       (file-name (git-file-name name version))
-       (sha256
-        (base32 "12480fac9xq7rgw0q5f2cnvmakhakjsnq1gvh2ncjfwxz34n8fl7"))))
-    (build-system cmake-build-system)
-    (arguments
-     (list
-      #:tests? #false                   ;no test target
-      #:phases
-      (let ((python-version (version-major+minor (package-version python))))
-        #~(modify-phases %standard-phases
-            (add-after 'unpack 'chdir
-              (lambda _ (chdir "src/lantern")))
-            (add-after 'chdir 'do-not-download-binaries
-              (lambda* (#:key inputs #:allow-other-keys)
-                (substitute* "CMakeLists.txt"
-                  (("find_package\\(Torch.*") "set(TORCH_CXX_FLAGS \"-ltorch\")\n")
-                  (("retrieve_lib\\(.*") ""))
-                (let ((site-packages (string-append "/lib/python"
-                                                    #$python-version
-                                                    "/site-packages")))
-                  (setenv "LIBRARY_PATH"
-                          (string-append
-                           (search-input-directory
-                            inputs (string-append site-packages "/torch/lib"))
-                           ":" (or (getenv "LIBRARY_PATH") "")))
-                  (setenv "CPLUS_INCLUDE_PATH"
-                          (string-append
-                           (search-input-directory
-                            inputs (string-append
-                                    site-packages "/torch/include/torch/csrc/api/include/"))
-                           ":"
-                           (search-input-directory
-                            inputs (string-append site-packages "/torch/include/"))
-                           ":"
-                           (or (getenv "CPLUS_INCLUDE_PATH") "")))
-                  (setenv "C_INCLUDE_PATH"
-                          (string-append
-                           (search-input-directory
-                            inputs (string-append site-packages "/torch/include/"))
-                           ":"
-                           (or (getenv "C_INCLUDE_PATH") ""))))))
-            (replace 'install
-              (lambda _
-                (install-file
-                 "../build/liblantern.so"
-                 (string-append #$output "/lib"))
-                (copy-recursively
-                 "../lantern/include"
-                 (string-append #$output "/include"))))))))
-    (inputs (list python-pytorch-for-r-torch))
-    (home-page "https://github.com/mlverse/torch/")
-    (synopsis "C API to libtorch")
-    (description
-     "Lantern provides a C API to the libtorch machine learning library.")
-    (license license:expat)))
+  ;; There has been no release or tagged commit for r-torch 0.12.0.  The
+  ;; selected commit corresponds to the 0.12.0 release.
+  (let ((commit "4d83bd087be581f7db321c27f55897ff021d2537")
+        (revision "1"))
+    (package
+      (name "liblantern")
+      (version (git-version "0.11.0" revision commit))
+      (source
+       (origin
+         (method git-fetch)
+         (uri (git-reference
+               (url "https://github.com/mlverse/torch")
+               (commit commit)))
+         (file-name (git-file-name name version))
+         (sha256
+          (base32 "1xxc6vr7sr2mg0va0hc2fs4f6v5b78mx43dp2shzzbcgw90mgpvk"))))
+      (build-system cmake-build-system)
+      (arguments
+       (list
+        #:tests? #false                 ;no test target
+        #:phases
+        (let ((python-version (version-major+minor (package-version python))))
+          #~(modify-phases %standard-phases
+              (add-after 'unpack 'chdir
+                (lambda _ (chdir "src/lantern")))
+              (add-after 'chdir 'do-not-download-binaries
+                (lambda* (#:key inputs #:allow-other-keys)
+                  (substitute* "CMakeLists.txt"
+                    (("find_package\\(Torch.*") "set(TORCH_CXX_FLAGS \"-ltorch\")\n")
+                    (("retrieve_lib\\(.*") ""))
+                  (let ((site-packages (string-append "/lib/python"
+                                                      #$python-version
+                                                      "/site-packages")))
+                    (setenv "LIBRARY_PATH"
+                            (string-append
+                             (search-input-directory
+                              inputs (string-append site-packages "/torch/lib"))
+                             ":" (or (getenv "LIBRARY_PATH") "")))
+                    (setenv "CPLUS_INCLUDE_PATH"
+                            (string-append
+                             (search-input-directory
+                              inputs (string-append
+                                      site-packages "/torch/include/torch/csrc/api/include/"))
+                             ":"
+                             (search-input-directory
+                              inputs (string-append site-packages "/torch/include/"))
+                             ":"
+                             (or (getenv "CPLUS_INCLUDE_PATH") "")))
+                    (setenv "C_INCLUDE_PATH"
+                            (string-append
+                             (search-input-directory
+                              inputs (string-append site-packages "/torch/include/"))
+                             ":"
+                             (or (getenv "C_INCLUDE_PATH") ""))))))
+              (replace 'install
+                (lambda _
+                  (install-file
+                   "../build/liblantern.so"
+                   (string-append #$output "/lib"))
+                  (copy-recursively
+                   "../lantern/include"
+                   (string-append #$output "/include"))))))))
+      (inputs (list python-pytorch-for-r-torch))
+      (home-page "https://github.com/mlverse/torch/")
+      (synopsis "C API to libtorch")
+      (description
+       "Lantern provides a C API to the libtorch machine learning library.")
+      (license license:expat))))
 
 (define-public python-lap
   (package