diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/r-mapproj/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/r-mapproj/package.py
index 710efac73a..d0213bf791 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/r-mapproj/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/r-mapproj/package.py
@@ -7,15 +7,18 @@
 
 
 class RMapproj(RPackage):
-    """Converts latitude/longitude into projected coordinates."""
+    """Map Projections
+
+    Converts latitude/longitude into projected coordinates."""
 
     homepage = "https://cloud.r-project.org/package=mapproj"
     url      = "https://cloud.r-project.org/src/contrib/mapproj_1.2-4.tar.gz"
     list_url = "https://cloud.r-project.org/src/contrib/Archive/mapproj"
 
+    version('1.2.7', sha256='f0081281b08bf3cc7052c4f1360d6d3c20d9063be57754448ad9b48ab0d34c5b')
     version('1.2.6', sha256='62a5aa97837ae95ef9f973d95fe45fe43dbbf482dfa922e9df60f3c510e7efe5')
     version('1.2-5', sha256='f3026a3a69a550c923b44c18b1ccc60d98e52670a438250d13f3c74cf2195f66')
     version('1.2-4', sha256='cf8a1535f57e7cca0a71b3a551e77ad3e7a78f61a94bb19effd3de19dbe7dceb')
 
     depends_on('r@3.0.0:', type=('build', 'run'))
-    depends_on('r-maps@2.3:', type=('build', 'run'))
+    depends_on('r-maps@2.3-0:', type=('build', 'run'))