diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/r-bit/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/r-bit/package.py
index 2fe5ca543b..572f3b4c0b 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/r-bit/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/r-bit/package.py
@@ -7,12 +7,18 @@
 
 
 class RBit(RPackage):
-    """ A class for vectors of 1-bit booleans."""
+    """Classes and Methods for Fast Memory-Efficient Boolean Selections
+
+    Provided are classes for boolean and skewed boolean vectors, fast boolean
+    methods, fast unique and non-unique integer sorting, fast set operations on
+    sorted and unsorted sets of integers, and foundations for ff (range index,
+    compression, chunked processing)."""
 
     homepage = "https://cloud.r-project.org/package=bit"
     url      = "https://cloud.r-project.org/src/contrib/bit_1.1-12.tar.gz"
     list_url = "https://cloud.r-project.org/src/contrib/Archive/bit"
 
+    version('4.0.4', sha256='e404841fbe4ebefe4ecd4392effe673a8c9fa05f97952c4ce6e2f6159bd2f168')
     version('1.1-14', sha256='5cbaace1fb643a665a6ca69b90f7a6d624270de82420ca7a44f306753fcef254')
     version('1.1-12', sha256='ce281c87fb7602bf1a599e72f3e25f9ff7a13e390c124a4506087f69ad79d128')