diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/r-copula/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/r-copula/package.py
index 092099e096..7a55eef570 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/r-copula/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/r-copula/package.py
@@ -7,7 +7,9 @@
 
 
 class RCopula(RPackage):
-    """Classes (S4) of commonly used elliptical, Archimedean, extreme-value and
+    """Multivariate Dependence with Copulas
+
+    Classes (S4) of commonly used elliptical, Archimedean, extreme-value and
     other copula families, as well as their rotations, mixtures and
     asymmetrizations. Nested Archimedean copulas, related tools and special
     functions. Methods for density, distribution, random number generation,
@@ -24,9 +26,11 @@ class RCopula(RPackage):
     url      = "https://cloud.r-project.org/src/contrib/copula_0.999-20.tar.gz"
     list_url = "https://cloud.r-project.org/src/contrib/Archive/copula"
 
+    version('1.0-1', sha256='d09b2ccffc7379e48b00952aa6b282baf502feebaf55cc44e93f881d7b909742')
     version('0.999-20', sha256='7d3d47bce2dacb05b94a772f84dbf3d83c99ac2ac11e5f1b4b03d50d9d5c0fb0')
 
     depends_on('r@3.2.0:', type=('build', 'run'))
+    depends_on('r@3.5.0:', when='@1.0-1:', type=('build', 'run'))
     depends_on('r-matrix', type=('build', 'run'))
     depends_on('r-lattice', type=('build', 'run'))
     depends_on('r-colorspace', type=('build', 'run'))