diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/r-checkmate/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/r-checkmate/package.py
index 10ee1f98a7..e1e145590a 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/r-checkmate/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/r-checkmate/package.py
@@ -7,7 +7,9 @@
 
 
 class RCheckmate(RPackage):
-    """Tests and assertions to perform frequent argument checks.
+    """Fast and Versatile Argument Checks
+
+    Tests and assertions to perform frequent argument checks.
     A substantial part of the package was written in C to
     minimize any worries about execution time overhead."""
 
@@ -15,6 +17,7 @@ class RCheckmate(RPackage):
     url      = "https://cloud.r-project.org/src/contrib/checkmate_1.8.4.tar.gz"
     list_url = "https://cloud.r-project.org/src/contrib/Archive/checkmate"
 
+    version('2.0.0', sha256='0dc25b0e20c04836359df1885d099c6e4ad8ae0e585a9e4107f7ea945d9c6fa4')
     version('1.9.4', sha256='faa25754b757fe483b876f5d07b73f76f69a1baa971420892fadec4af4bbad21')
     version('1.8.4', sha256='6f948883e5a885a1c409d997f0c782e754a549227ec3c8eb18318deceb38f8f6')