diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/r-argparse/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/r-argparse/package.py
index 25c8c5379ae..c722eae792a 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/r-argparse/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/r-argparse/package.py
@@ -19,5 +19,5 @@ class RArgparse(RPackage):
 
     depends_on('r-proto@1:', type=('build', 'run'))
     depends_on('r-findpython', type=('build', 'run'))
-    depends_on('r-getopt@1.19', type=('build', 'run'))
+    depends_on('r-getopt', type=('build', 'run'))
     depends_on('r-jsonlite', type=('build', 'run'))