diff --git a/rpy.spec b/rpy.spec
index 81a010b..f7309bd 100644
--- a/rpy.spec
+++ b/rpy.spec
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 %global srcname rpy
 %global sum Python interface to the R language
-%global rver   3.5.2
+%global rver   3.5.3
 
 Name:          rpy
 Version:       3.0.1
-Release:       1%{?dist}
+Release:       2%{?dist}
 Summary:       %{sum}
 
 License:       GPLv2+
@@ -71,6 +71,9 @@ export CFLAGS="$RPM_OPT_FLAGS -DHAVE_UINTPTR_T=1"
 
 
 %changelog
+* Mon Mar 11 2019 Tom Callaway <spot@fedoraproject.org> - 3.0.1-2
+- R 3.5.3
+
 * Mon Mar  4 2019 José Matos <jamatos@fedoraproject.org> - 3.0.1-1
 - update to 3.0.1
 - rpy >= 3.0.0 requires python3