diff --git a/academic/R/R.SlackBuild b/academic/R/R.SlackBuild
index 70e75aa4a8..6646fb5a21 100644
--- a/academic/R/R.SlackBuild
+++ b/academic/R/R.SlackBuild
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
 # <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 
 PRGNAM=R
-VERSION=${VERSION:-3.5.0}
+VERSION=${VERSION:-3.5.1}
 BUILD=${BUILD:-1}
 TAG=${TAG:-_SBo}
 
diff --git a/academic/R/R.info b/academic/R/R.info
index 34191ee1ea..ef0749f60b 100644
--- a/academic/R/R.info
+++ b/academic/R/R.info
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 PRGNAM="R"
-VERSION="3.5.0"
+VERSION="3.5.1"
 HOMEPAGE="http://www.r-project.org/"
-DOWNLOAD="https://cran.cnr.berkeley.edu/src/base/R-3/R-3.5.0.tar.gz"
-MD5SUM="c0455dbfa76ca807e4dfa93d49dcc817"
+DOWNLOAD="https://cran.cnr.berkeley.edu/src/base/R-3/R-3.5.1.tar.gz"
+MD5SUM="8620686bc237cf80288afff336fcc93c"
 DOWNLOAD_x86_64=""
 MD5SUM_x86_64=""
 REQUIRES=""