diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/r-htmlwidgets/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/r-htmlwidgets/package.py
index 053d090320..1867fc96dc 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/r-htmlwidgets/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/r-htmlwidgets/package.py
@@ -7,7 +7,9 @@
 
 
 class RHtmlwidgets(RPackage):
-    """A framework for creating HTML widgets that render in various contexts
+    """HTML Widgets for R
+
+    A framework for creating HTML widgets that render in various contexts
     including the R console, 'R Markdown' documents, and 'Shiny' web
     applications."""
 
@@ -15,6 +17,7 @@ class RHtmlwidgets(RPackage):
     url      = "https://cloud.r-project.org/src/contrib/htmlwidgets_0.9.tar.gz"
     list_url = "https://cloud.r-project.org/src/contrib/Archive/htmlwidgets"
 
+    version('1.5.3', sha256='01a5833182cc224bd100be2815e57e67b524de9f2bb1542787b6e3d1303f0f29')
     version('1.3', sha256='f1e4ffabc29e6cfe857f627da095be3cfcbe0e1f02ae75e572f10b4a026c5a12')
     version('0.9', sha256='1154b541ccd868e41d3cf0d7f188f7275ec99f61fe2c7de21c8a05edb19b985e')
     version('0.8', sha256='9232b78727c1ecd006cd8e607ef76417d795f011b0e4a7535e6d673228bfc3b5')