diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/r-kernlab/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/r-kernlab/package.py
index 5af07c9aff..c798643950 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/r-kernlab/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/r-kernlab/package.py
@@ -7,7 +7,9 @@
 
 
 class RKernlab(RPackage):
-    """Kernel-based machine learning methods for classification, regression,
+    """Kernel-Based Machine Learning Lab
+
+    Kernel-based machine learning methods for classification, regression,
     clustering, novelty detection, quantile regression and dimensionality
     reduction. Among other methods 'kernlab' includes Support Vector Machines,
     Spectral Clustering, Kernel PCA, Gaussian Processes and a QP solver."""
@@ -16,6 +18,7 @@ class RKernlab(RPackage):
     url      = "https://cloud.r-project.org/src/contrib/kernlab_0.9-25.tar.gz"
     list_url = "https://cloud.r-project.org/src/contrib/Archive/kernlab"
 
+    version('0.9-29', sha256='c3da693a0041dd34f869e7b63a8d8cf7d4bc588ac601bcdddcf7d44f68b3106f')
     version('0.9-27', sha256='f6add50ed4097f04d09411491625f8d46eafc4f003b1c1cff78a6fff8cc31dd4')
     version('0.9-26', sha256='954940478c6fcf60433e50e43cf10d70bcb0a809848ca8b9d683bf371cd56077')
     version('0.9-25', sha256='b9de072754bb03c02c4d6a5ca20f2290fd090de328b55ab334ac0b397ac2ca62')