diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/r-foreach/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/r-foreach/package.py
index 33491d6028a..32eabf22a8f 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/r-foreach/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/r-foreach/package.py
@@ -7,7 +7,9 @@
 
 
 class RForeach(RPackage):
-    """Support for the foreach looping construct. Foreach is an idiom that
+    """Provides Foreach Looping Construct
+
+    Support for the foreach looping construct. Foreach is an idiom that
     allows for iterating over elements in a collection, without the use of an
     explicit loop counter. This package in particular is intended to be used
     for its return value, rather than for its side effects. In that sense, it
@@ -19,6 +21,7 @@ class RForeach(RPackage):
     url      = "https://cloud.r-project.org/src/contrib/foreach_1.4.3.tar.gz"
     list_url = "https://cloud.r-project.org/src/contrib/Archive/foreach"
 
+    version('1.5.1', sha256='fb5ad69e295618c52b2ac7dff84a0771462870a97345374d43b3de2dc31a68e1')
     version('1.4.7', sha256='95632c0b1182fc01490718d82fa3b2bce864f2a011ae53282431c7c2a3f5f160')
     version('1.4.3', sha256='1ef03f770f726a62e3753f2402eb26b226245958fa99d570d003fc9e47d35881')