diff --git a/srcpkgs/R/template b/srcpkgs/R/template
index 427735181d9..1e62b4cd784 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/R/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/R/template
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # Template file for 'R'
 pkgname=R
-version=3.5.3
-revision=2
+version=3.6.1
+revision=1
 build_style=gnu-configure
 configure_args="--docdir=/usr/share/doc/R rdocdir=/usr/share/doc/R
  --with-lapack --with-blas --enable-R-shlib --with-tcltk
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ license="GPL-2.0-or-later"
 homepage="https://www.r-project.org/"
 changelog="https://cran.r-project.org/doc/manuals/r-release/NEWS.html"
 distfiles="https://cran.r-project.org/src/base/R-3/${pkgname}-${version}.tar.gz"
-checksum=2bfa37b7bd709f003d6b8a172ddfb6d03ddd2d672d6096439523039f7a8e678c
+checksum=5baa9ebd3e71acecdcc3da31d9042fb174d55a42829f8315f2457080978b1389
 nocross=yes
 shlib_provides="libR.so"