diff --git a/repo2docker/buildpacks/r.py b/repo2docker/buildpacks/r.py
index 0db0e60b..f0a055d4 100644
--- a/repo2docker/buildpacks/r.py
+++ b/repo2docker/buildpacks/r.py
@@ -214,7 +214,7 @@ class RBuildPack(PythonBuildPack):
                 "${NB_USER}",
                 # Install nbrsessionproxy
                 r"""
-                pip install --no-cache-dir nbrsessionproxy==0.7.0 && \
+                pip install --no-cache-dir nbrsessionproxy==0.8.0 && \
                 jupyter serverextension enable nbrsessionproxy --sys-prefix && \
                 jupyter nbextension install --py nbrsessionproxy --sys-prefix && \
                 jupyter nbextension enable --py nbrsessionproxy --sys-prefix