diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/r-europepmc/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/r-europepmc/package.py
index 4afa437de9..fcf63a69e1 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/r-europepmc/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/r-europepmc/package.py
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ class REuropepmc(RPackage):
     version('0.4', sha256='d55f62963d0ee84830654bbc78f4ad8285e376b04be137cbeaf8ad2a98b7969c')
     version('0.3', sha256='5044a253d223e2bb8502063cd03c0fe4db856467e497d650da7ccd8f75d0f8d9')
 
-    depends_on('r@3.00:', type=('build', 'run'))
+    depends_on('r@3.0.0:', type=('build', 'run'))
     depends_on('r-httr', type=('build', 'run'))
     depends_on('r-jsonlite', type=('build', 'run'))
     depends_on('r-plyr', type=('build', 'run'))