diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/r-rots/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/r-rots/package.py
index 0bf0fcb0646..d61efcf9c7e 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/r-rots/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/r-rots/package.py
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 from spack import *
 
 
-class RRots(Package):
+class RRots(RPackage):
     """Calculates the Reproducibility-Optimized Test Statistic (ROTS)
        for differential testing in omics data."""