diff --git a/.github/workflows/r-check.yaml b/.github/workflows/r-check.yaml
index c3a559b5e..e42a69d56 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/r-check.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/r-check.yaml
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ jobs:
       matrix:
         config:
           - {os: macOS-latest,   r: 'release'}
-          - {os: windows-latest, r: '3.6'}
+          - {os: windows-latest, r: '4.0'}
           - {os: windows-latest, r: 'release'}
           - {os: ubuntu-latest,   r: 'devel', http-user-agent: 'release'}
           - {os: ubuntu-latest,   r: 'release'}