diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/r-rcppparallel/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/r-rcppparallel/package.py
index cc686e331c..4e84e22021 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/r-rcppparallel/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/r-rcppparallel/package.py
@@ -7,7 +7,9 @@
 
 
 class RRcppparallel(RPackage):
-    """High level functions for parallel programming with 'Rcpp'. For example,
+    """Parallel Programming Tools for 'Rcpp'
+
+    High level functions for parallel programming with 'Rcpp'. For example,
     the 'parallelFor()' function can be used to convert the work of a standard
     serial "for" loop into a parallel one and the 'parallelReduce()' function
     can be used for accumulating aggregate or other values."""
@@ -16,6 +18,7 @@ class RRcppparallel(RPackage):
     url      = "https://cloud.r-project.org/src/contrib/RcppParallel_4.4.3.tar.gz"
     list_url = "https://cloud.r-project.org/src/contrib/Archive/RcppParallel"
 
+    version('5.0.2', sha256='8ca200908c6365aafb2063be1789f0894969adc03c0f523c6cc45434b8236f81')
     version('4.4.3', sha256='7a04929ecab97e46c0b09fe5cdbac9d7bfa17ad7d111f1a9787a9997f45fa0fa')
 
     depends_on('r@3.0.2:', type=('build', 'run'))