To cite package ‘updateObject’ in publications use:

  Pagès H (2026). _updateObject: Find/fix old serialized S4 instances_.
  R package version 1.16.0,
  <https://bioconductor.org/packages/updateObject>.

A BibTeX entry for LaTeX users is

  @Manual{,
    title = {updateObject: Find/fix old serialized S4 instances},
    author = {Hervé Pagès},
    year = {2026},
    note = {R package version 1.16.0},
    url = {https://bioconductor.org/packages/updateObject},
  }