diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/r-dendextend/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/r-dendextend/package.py
index 4c6f968efa..7e036cbd24 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/r-dendextend/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/r-dendextend/package.py
@@ -7,12 +7,19 @@
 
 
 class RDendextend(RPackage):
-    """dendextend: Extending 'Dendrogram' Functionality in R"""
+    """Extending 'Dendrogram' Functionality in R
+
+    Offers a set of functions for extending 'dendrogram' objects in R, letting
+    you visualize and compare trees of 'hierarchical clusterings'. You can (1)
+    Adjust a tree's graphical parameters - the color, size, type, etc of its
+    branches, nodes and labels. (2) Visually and statistically compare
+    different 'dendrograms' to one another."""
 
     homepage = "https://cloud.r-project.org/package=dendextend"
     url      = "https://cloud.r-project.org/src/contrib/dendextend_1.5.2.tar.gz"
     list_url = "https://cloud.r-project.org/src/contrib/Archive/dendextend"
 
+    version('1.14.0', sha256='3789461bc474e146b077ad26566b1fa05be32fc7e57ab1fb5e78bdabcc797858')
     version('1.12.0', sha256='b487fed8c1878a23b9e28394ee11f16a1831b76c90793eb486e6963c7162fa55')
     version('1.10.0', sha256='88f0fb3362d69144daf4f35d0ea09f32c2df1adf614e040327a42552a8fd3224')
     version('1.5.2', sha256='8228cf9cfd31ec30038aaa61a35959179bad748582d796999cd9ad78152a5f12')
@@ -20,6 +27,6 @@ class RDendextend(RPackage):
     depends_on('r@3.0.0:', type=('build', 'run'))
     depends_on('r-magrittr@1.0.1:', type=('build', 'run'))
     depends_on('r-ggplot2', type=('build', 'run'))
+    depends_on('r-viridis', type=('build', 'run'))
     depends_on('r-fpc', when='@:1.10.0', type=('build', 'run'))
     depends_on('r-whisker', when='@:1.5.2', type=('build', 'run'))
-    depends_on('r-viridis', type=('build', 'run'))