diff --git a/bioconda_utils/bioconda_utils-conda_build_config.yaml b/bioconda_utils/bioconda_utils-conda_build_config.yaml
index ebdc08f80f..9c61f5b365 100644
--- a/bioconda_utils/bioconda_utils-conda_build_config.yaml
+++ b/bioconda_utils/bioconda_utils-conda_build_config.yaml
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ bamtools:
 # NOTE: Workaround https://github.com/conda/conda-build/issues/3974 we slightly alter the values
 #       from conda-forge-pinnings here (inserting '.*' or ' ' which should be ignored later on).
 r_base:
-  - "4.4.*"
+  - "4.5.*"
 
 # # conda-forge-pinning just got updated to build for Py 3.12 by default.
 # # In case we want to drop 3.8 before conda-forge does, we can use the following:
diff --git a/bioconda_utils/bioconda_utils-requirements.txt b/bioconda_utils/bioconda_utils-requirements.txt
index a78dbb4252..f70b10c62a 100644
--- a/bioconda_utils/bioconda_utils-requirements.txt
+++ b/bioconda_utils/bioconda_utils-requirements.txt
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 # so please keep that documentation up to date as they change
 
 # pinnings
-conda-forge-pinning=2024.11.29.12.37.53
+conda-forge-pinning=2026.01.07.13.16.30
 
 # basics
 python=3.12.*