diff --git a/gnu/packages/cran.scm b/gnu/packages/cran.scm
index da4d8f9552eca6cba41934561b9d573e27621388..d7c391067f06325ea1297cb5c48892bca62130d4 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/cran.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/cran.scm
@@ -11122,14 +11122,14 @@ (define-public r-genenet
 (define-public r-rbamtools
   (package
     (name "r-rbamtools")
-    (version "2.16.11.2")
+    (version "2.16.17")
     (source
      (origin
        (method url-fetch)
        (uri (cran-uri "rbamtools" version))
        (sha256
         (base32
-         "0gzkb1xyrkriv45wq8gv7qfwjslnvwkfkk5jjc4wg5kmm0ydpdzj"))))
+         "0qj37ljdva3v29s01dkrbg31mcfzy3bl145cp40d54v4h9xhcghc"))))
     (build-system r-build-system)
     (inputs `(("zlib" ,zlib)))
     (propagated-inputs