diff --git a/pkgs/development/octave-modules/statistics/default.nix b/pkgs/development/octave-modules/statistics/default.nix
index 290df7cb3873..cc9225a3474d 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/octave-modules/statistics/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/octave-modules/statistics/default.nix
@@ -3,21 +3,23 @@
   lib,
   fetchFromGitHub,
   io,
+  datatypes,
 }:
 
 buildOctavePackage rec {
   pname = "statistics";
-  version = "1.8.0";
+  version = "1.8.2";
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "gnu-octave";
     repo = "statistics";
     tag = "release-${version}";
-    hash = "sha256-4nwkrnYaFdBkLLbIUJX0U4tytHrSIKltWu7Srx43K5g=";
+    hash = "sha256-5wUQLIMr1X07Yi4AANBFjd0izDzGNsI5ccY7IherB3I=";
   };
 
   requiredOctavePackages = [
     io
+    datatypes
   ];
 
   meta = {