diff --git a/gnu/packages/cran.scm b/gnu/packages/cran.scm
index 4dc452d843..424266a3ff 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/cran.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/cran.scm
@@ -5982,14 +5982,14 @@ (define-public r-colorspace
 (define-public r-glue
   (package
     (name "r-glue")
-    (version "1.6.2")
+    (version "1.7.0")
     (source
      (origin
        (method url-fetch)
        (uri (cran-uri "glue" version))
        (sha256
         (base32
-         "1gzxk5jgdh2xq9r7z09xs306ygzf27vhg3pyfl7ck1755gqii9cx"))))
+         "1p4699p68k9f8d76bmgx5xabay6xjrcgajckzqxyn6icym8ipx8s"))))
     (build-system r-build-system)
     (properties
      ;; knitr depends on glue, so we can't add knitr here to build the