diff --git a/gnu/packages/statistics.scm b/gnu/packages/statistics.scm
index f2ee16f30e..c9d089b721 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/statistics.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/statistics.scm
@@ -2095,26 +2095,27 @@ (define-public r-fail
 (define-public r-batchjobs
   (package
     (name "r-batchjobs")
-    (version "1.6")
+    (version "1.7")
     (source
      (origin
        (method url-fetch)
        (uri (cran-uri "BatchJobs" version))
        (sha256
         (base32
-         "1kb99024jih5bycc226bl4jyvbbl1sg72q3m2wnlshl7s8p6vva0"))))
+         "035658marnw57p4f38g99rwmvmb6hpbq0fhlxp3qbw22zfnnkvs9"))))
     (properties `((upstream-name . "BatchJobs")))
     (build-system r-build-system)
     (propagated-inputs
-     `(("r-bbmisc" ,r-bbmisc)
+     `(("r-backports" ,r-backports)
+       ("r-bbmisc" ,r-bbmisc)
        ("r-brew" ,r-brew)
        ("r-checkmate" ,r-checkmate)
+       ("r-data-table" ,r-data-table)
        ("r-dbi" ,r-dbi)
        ("r-digest" ,r-digest)
-       ("r-fail" ,r-fail)
        ("r-rsqlite" ,r-rsqlite)
        ("r-sendmailr" ,r-sendmailr)
-       ("r-stringr" ,r-stringr)))
+       ("r-stringi" ,r-stringi)))
     (home-page "https://github.com/tudo-r/BatchJobs")
     (synopsis "Batch computing with R")
     (description