diff --git a/NEWS.md b/NEWS.md
index fe3704dd..e5bfd058 100644
--- a/NEWS.md
+++ b/NEWS.md
@@ -17,9 +17,9 @@
   preventing problems when also using dplyr (#177).
 - `Content$tag_delete()` removes the tag from the target content item rather
   than removing the tag entirely. (#194)
+- `audit_r_versions()` returns a bar chart instead of a histogram (#179)
 - Fix issue with `NULL` or `length 1` job outputs ([#193](https://github.com/rstudio/connectapi/issues/193))
 
-
 # connectapi 0.1.3.1
 
 - Fix generated documentation HTML for CRAN submission
diff --git a/R/audits.R b/R/audits.R
index 406275cc..b4bfc612 100644
--- a/R/audits.R
+++ b/R/audits.R
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ audit_r_versions <- function(apps) {
 
   # histogram
   p1 <- ggplot2::ggplot(timeline) +
-    ggplot2::geom_histogram(ggplot2::aes(r_version), stat = "count") +
+    ggplot2::geom_bar(ggplot2::aes(r_version)) +
     ggplot2::theme_minimal() +
     ggplot2::labs(
       title = "Distribution of Content by R Version",