diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/r-irkernel/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/r-irkernel/package.py
index 93bbda01a0d..01be00e8532 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/r-irkernel/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/r-irkernel/package.py
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ class RIrkernel(RPackage):
     depends_on("r-jsonlite@0.9.6:", type=("build", "run"))
     depends_on("r-uuid", type=("build", "run"))
     depends_on("r-digest", type=("build", "run"))
-    depends_on("py-jupyter", type="run")
+    depends_on("py-jupyter-client", type="run")
 
     depends_on("r-evaluate@0.5.4:", type=("build", "run"), when="@0.7")
     depends_on("r-devtools", type=("build", "run"), when="@0.7")