diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/r-htmltable/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/r-htmltable/package.py
index 1c29157b6b0..73abf4d89ce 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/r-htmltable/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/r-htmltable/package.py
@@ -7,7 +7,9 @@
 
 
 class RHtmltable(RPackage):
-    """Tables with state-of-the-art layout elements such as row
+    """Advanced Tables for Markdown/HTML
+
+    Tables with state-of-the-art layout elements such as row
     spanners, column spanners, table spanners, zebra striping, and
     more. While allowing advanced layout, the underlying css-structure
     is simple in order to maximize compatibility with word processors
@@ -19,6 +21,7 @@ class RHtmltable(RPackage):
     url      = "https://cloud.r-project.org/src/contrib/htmlTable_1.11.2.tar.gz"
     list_url = "https://cloud.r-project.org/src/contrib/Archive/htmlTable"
 
+    version('2.1.0', sha256='4049339b317cbec1c8c7930e2e36cf0fc8b002516092dd270bb794d8db02f0bf')
     version('1.13.1', sha256='689f32b65da6a57ad500e8d9ef3309d346401dca277c6b264a46c8d7c75884d0')
     version('1.11.2', sha256='64a273b1cdf07a7c57b9031315ca665f95d78e70b4320d020f64a139278877d1')
     version('1.9', sha256='5b487a7f33af77db7d987bf61f3ef2ba18bb629fe7b9802409f8b3485c603132')