diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/r-packrat/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/r-packrat/package.py
index 726a6640e81..ff66ddaf39c 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/r-packrat/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/r-packrat/package.py
@@ -33,4 +33,5 @@ class RPackrat(RPackage):
     url      = "https://cran.r-project.org/src/contrib/packrat_0.4.7-1.tar.gz"
     list_url = "https://cran.r-project.org/src/contrib/Archive/packrat"
 
+    version('0.4.8-1', '14e82feba55fcda923396282fc490038')
     version('0.4.7-1', '80c2413269b292ade163a70ba5053e84')