diff --git a/site-config/ebrainslab/packages.yaml b/site-config/ebrainslab/packages.yaml
index 81f106b499d4e77c03a96f9000e83d0648fd5ee0..8098616ee0c202557df247fccebb7b9ccbb9d3f7 100644
--- a/site-config/ebrainslab/packages.yaml
+++ b/site-config/ebrainslab/packages.yaml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ packages:
         require: "@3.8.11"
     r:
         # EM: +X fixes build for collab
-        require: "@4.1.3+X"
+        require: "@4.3.0+X"
     py-torch:
         # ECM: keep at latest w.r.t. tracked upstream spack
         version: [1.11.0]