diff --git a/gnu/packages/statistics.scm b/gnu/packages/statistics.scm
index 2d22649ccf..c2881e81fd 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/statistics.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/statistics.scm
@@ -2375,13 +2375,13 @@ functions make it easy to control additional request components.")
 (define-public r-git2r
   (package
     (name "r-git2r")
-    (version "0.24.0")
+    (version "0.25.2")
     (source (origin
               (method url-fetch)
               (uri (cran-uri "git2r" version))
               (sha256
                (base32
-                "0vfc25z4j53pc49cnp3zjwzjb72kvc0aq96wgyg10xpgvhl3z0gg"))))
+                "15kpvz6ry2r8ii5hzinjwkggc5kgmkbcpsdwzahsf8gha52w80p0"))))
     (build-system r-build-system)
     ;; This R package contains modified sources of libgit2.  This modified
     ;; version of libgit2 is built as the package is built.  Hence libgit2 is