diff --git a/gnu/packages/cran.scm b/gnu/packages/cran.scm
index fa367cc0af..f0ada19a4e 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/cran.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/cran.scm
@@ -29596,18 +29596,19 @@ distributed as independent packages.")
 (define-public r-phangorn
   (package
     (name "r-phangorn")
-    (version "2.8.1")
+    (version "2.9.0")
     (source
      (origin
        (method url-fetch)
        (uri (cran-uri "phangorn" version))
        (sha256
         (base32
-         "0xfwi7adl1pcfcwk72fj7lkwfm0wiip96ij7m4252xr9mq818ivd"))))
+         "08ys4vgmsp070v3119wzl1nrgx359427gb6lcxj67p5y0bhdnqij"))))
     (build-system r-build-system)
     (propagated-inputs
      (list r-ape
            r-fastmatch
+           r-generics
            r-igraph
            r-matrix
            r-quadprog