diff --git a/gnu/packages/statistics.scm b/gnu/packages/statistics.scm
index e3db09088d..659ca68f44 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/statistics.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/statistics.scm
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 ;;; GNU Guix --- Functional package management for GNU
-;;; Copyright © 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020 Ricardo Wurmus <rekado@elephly.net>
+;;; Copyright © 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021 Ricardo Wurmus <rekado@elephly.net>
 ;;; Copyright © 2015 Vicente Vera Parra <vicentemvp@gmail.com>
 ;;; Copyright © 2016 Andreas Enge <andreas@enge.fr>
 ;;; Copyright © 2016, 2017, 2019, 2020 Efraim Flashner <efraim@flashner.co.il>
@@ -522,14 +522,14 @@ (define-public r-codetools
 (define-public r-foreign
   (package
     (name "r-foreign")
-    (version "0.8-80")
+    (version "0.8-81")
     (source
      (origin
        (method url-fetch)
        (uri (cran-uri "foreign" version))
        (sha256
         (base32
-         "0wjdi3qn9famsxmpdyyahidaid0yhxlpx4ad9k8vrxhxd6xspasp"))))
+         "0b4rca1bl8xxna05057hchbwfmgjgx0n140szabpc0raizqzks0s"))))
     (build-system r-build-system)
     (home-page "https://cran.r-project.org/web/packages/foreign")
     (synopsis "Read data stored by other statistics software")