diff --git a/library/roles/R/templates/update_r_packages.sh.j2 b/library/roles/R/templates/update_r_packages.sh.j2
index fd80698..981b8de 100644
--- a/library/roles/R/templates/update_r_packages.sh.j2
+++ b/library/roles/R/templates/update_r_packages.sh.j2
@@ -202,11 +202,11 @@ function r_github_pkgs() {
             pkg=$( echo $l | cut -d "/" -f 2 )
             if [ "$ACTION" == "upgrade" ] ; then
                 #Rscript --slave --no-save --no-restore-history -e "require(devtools); require(methods); install_github('$l');"
-                Rscript --slave --no-save --no-restore-history -e "require(devtools); require(methods); require(jsonlite) ; package_to_install <- '$l' ; refs <- jsonlite::read_json(sprintf('https://api.github.com/repos/%s/releases', package_to_install)) ; ref_to_install <- 'master'; if(length(refs)>0) { ref_to_install <- refs[[1]][['tag_name']] } ; devtools::install_github(package_to_install, ref = ref_to_install)"
+                Rscript --slave --no-save --no-restore-history -e "require(devtools); require(methods); require(jsonlite) ; package_to_install <- '$l' ; refs <- jsonlite::read_json(sprintf('https://api.github.com/repos/%s/releases', package_to_install)) ; ref_to_install <- 'master'; if(length(refs)>0) { ref_to_install <- refs[[1]][['tag_name']] } ; devtools::install_github(package_to_install, ref = ref_to_install, upgrade='always')"
 
             else
                 #Rscript --slave --no-save --no-restore-history -e "if (! ('$pkg' %in% installed.packages()[,'Package'])) { require(devtools); require(methods) ; install_github('$l'); }"
-                Rscript --slave --no-save --no-restore-history -e "if (! ('$pkg' %in% installed.packages()[,'Package'])) { require(devtools); require(methods); require(jsonlite) ; package_to_install <- '$l' ; refs <- jsonlite::read_json(sprintf('https://api.github.com/repos/%s/releases', package_to_install)) ; ref_to_install <- 'master'; if(length(refs)>0) { ref_to_install <- refs[[1]][['tag_name']] } ; devtools::install_github(package_to_install, ref = ref_to_install) }"
+                Rscript --slave --no-save --no-restore-history -e "if (! ('$pkg' %in% installed.packages()[,'Package'])) { require(devtools); require(methods); require(jsonlite) ; package_to_install <- '$l' ; refs <- jsonlite::read_json(sprintf('https://api.github.com/repos/%s/releases', package_to_install)) ; ref_to_install <- 'master'; if(length(refs)>0) { ref_to_install <- refs[[1]][['tag_name']] } ; devtools::install_github(package_to_install, ref = ref_to_install, upgrade='always') }"
             fi
         done
     else