diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/r-caracas/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/r-caracas/package.py
index 930cafcdf23..0d02a1465a8 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/r-caracas/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/r-caracas/package.py
@@ -7,15 +7,17 @@
 
 
 class RCaracas(RPackage):
-    """Computer algebra via the 'SymPy' library (<https://www.sympy.org/>).
-       This makes it possible to solve equations symbolically, find symbolic
-       integrals, symbolic sums and other important quantities.
-    """
+    """Computer Algebra
+
+    Computer algebra via the 'SymPy' library (<https://www.sympy.org/>). This
+    makes it possible to solve equations symbolically, find symbolic integrals,
+    symbolic sums and other important quantities."""
 
     homepage = "https://cloud.r-project.org/package=caracas"
     url      = "https://cloud.r-project.org/src/contrib/caracas_1.0.0.tar.gz"
     list_url = "https://cloud.r-project.org/src/contrib/Archive/caracas"
 
+    version('1.0.1', sha256='2482dd7b77791243b8174cb41b80b735c3ebd7db837bbf991127514f492af594')
     version('1.0.0', sha256='0da6f1d94d1dacb1c11a3635bdff8f7cd8f84373deffa7126636d0876d48e42b')
 
     depends_on('r@3.0:', type=('build', 'run'))