diff --git a/r/r.spec b/r/r.spec
index ccf835a704..25be3e1473 100644
--- a/r/r.spec
+++ b/r/r.spec
@@ -31,8 +31,8 @@ Distribution: OpenPKG Community
 Class:        EVAL
 Group:        Algorithm
 License:      GPL
-Version:      3.5.3
-Release:      20190311
+Version:      3.6.0
+Release:      20190426
 
 #   list of sources
 Source0:      http://cran.r-project.org/src/base/R-3/R-%{version}.tar.gz