diff --git a/pkgs/development/octave-modules/statistics/default.nix b/pkgs/development/octave-modules/statistics/default.nix
index bc7742fece29..e29b26e52230 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/octave-modules/statistics/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/octave-modules/statistics/default.nix
@@ -4,17 +4,21 @@
   fetchFromGitHub,
   io,
   datatypes,
+  mesa,
+  gnuplot,
+  makeFontsConf,
+  writableTmpDirAsHomeHook,
 }:
 
 buildOctavePackage rec {
   pname = "statistics";
-  version = "1.8.2";
+  version = "1.8.3";
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "gnu-octave";
     repo = "statistics";
     tag = "release-${version}";
-    hash = "sha256-5wUQLIMr1X07Yi4AANBFjd0izDzGNsI5ccY7IherB3I=";
+    hash = "sha256-1u/uXrbRNT14TbW89J8noCnwShD/B/Wz0cpurmsTzTU=";
   };
 
   requiredOctavePackages = [
@@ -22,6 +26,16 @@ buildOctavePackage rec {
     datatypes
   ];
 
+  nativeOctavePkgTestInputs = [
+    mesa
+    gnuplot
+    writableTmpDirAsHomeHook
+  ];
+
+  octavePkgTestEnv.FONTCONFIG_FILE = makeFontsConf { fontDirectories = [ ]; };
+
+  __structuredAttrs = true;
+
   meta = {
     homepage = "https://packages.octave.org/statistics";
     license = with lib.licenses; [