diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/r-genomeinfodbdata/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/r-genomeinfodbdata/package.py
index 25bef5b439d1c88aaaa5acb30bc1e4c2b4f5fc13..caf67c3568422b3cc27a8b3ad5dee733ce6fee25 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/r-genomeinfodbdata/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/r-genomeinfodbdata/package.py
@@ -33,3 +33,4 @@ class RGenomeinfodbdata(RPackage):
     url      = "https://bioconductor.org/packages/3.5/data/annotation/src/contrib/GenomeInfoDbData_0.99.0.tar.gz"
 
     version('0.99.0', '85977b51061dd02a90153db887040d05')
+    depends_on('r@3.4.0:3.4.9', when='@0.99.0')