diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/r-intervals/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/r-intervals/package.py
index fe38709335..76acf9fee7 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/r-intervals/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/r-intervals/package.py
@@ -7,12 +7,15 @@
 
 
 class RIntervals(RPackage):
-    """intervals: Tools for Working with Points and Intervals"""
+    """Tools for Working with Points and Intervals
+
+    Tools for working with and comparing sets of points and intervals."""
 
     homepage = "http://github.com/edzer/intervals"
     url      = "https://cloud.r-project.org/src/contrib/intervals_0.15.1.tar.gz"
     list_url = "https://cloud.r-project.org/src/contrib/Archive/intervals"
 
+    version('0.15.2', sha256='0bd23b0ce817ddd851238233d8a5420bf3a6d29e75fd361418cbc50118777c57')
     version('0.15.1', sha256='9a8b3854300f2055e1492c71932cc808b02feac8c4d3dbf6cba1c7dbd09f4ae4')
 
     depends_on('r@2.9.0:', type=('build', 'run'))