diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/r-deoptim/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/r-deoptim/package.py
index 727de624d6..6fd5364b31 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/r-deoptim/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/r-deoptim/package.py
@@ -8,12 +8,15 @@
 
 
 class RDeoptim(RPackage):
-    """Implements the differential evolution algorithm for global optimization
+    """Global Optimization by Differential Evolution
+
+    Implements the differential evolution algorithm for global optimization
     of a real-valued function of a real-valued parameter vector."""
 
     homepage = "https://cloud.r-project.org/package=DEoptim"
     url      = "https://cloud.r-project.org/src/contrib/DEoptim_2.2-3.tar.gz"
     list_url = "https://cloud.r-project.org/src/contrib/Archive/DEoptim"
 
+    version('2.2-5', sha256='ae12dedcd4a43994e811e7285f8c12bfdb688e7c99d65515cf7e8cb6db13955a')
     version('2.2-4', sha256='0a547784090d1e9b93efc53768110621f35bed3692864f6ce5c0dda2ebd6d482')
     version('2.2-3', sha256='af2120feea3a736ee7a5a93c6767d464abc0d45ce75568074b233405e73c9a5d')