diff --git a/spack.yaml b/spack.yaml
index 7bf60947ed0ead532b5b5f0c99b3cda287e663fd..1a0cc8e158430e2dcf767ecf5643f6eafe9bfafa 100644
--- a/spack.yaml
+++ b/spack.yaml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ spack:
     # Base
     - python@3.8.11 %gcc@10.3.0
     # R
-    - r@3.6.0 %gcc@4.8.5
+    - r@4.0.0 %gcc@10.3.0
     - r-irkernel@1.2 %gcc@10.3.0
     # Notebook
     - py-jupyter %gcc@10.3.0