diff --git a/R/R-WriteXLS/Portfile b/R/R-WriteXLS/Portfile
index 2b0b7b38a7db1..8584b840a85cc 100644
--- a/R/R-WriteXLS/Portfile
+++ b/R/R-WriteXLS/Portfile
@@ -3,15 +3,18 @@
 PortSystem          1.0
 PortGroup           R 1.0
 
-R.setup             github marcschwartz WriteXLS 6.5.0 v
-revision            1
+R.setup             github marcschwartz WriteXLS 6.6.0 v
+revision            0
 maintainers         {@barracuda156 gmail.com:vital.had} openmaintainer
 license             GPL-2+
 description         Cross-platform Perl-based R function to create Excel 2003/2007 files
 long_description    {*}${description}
-checksums           rmd160  032dc7b2f7b23f0c08df8e93fb05f4ce185d550d \
-                    sha256  493e42bc4220102071147c9be1b23bf0e96fbc8de75c57a51934796cddae865e \
-                    size    775241
+checksums           rmd160  c03ba5563a5cc50e2c92aacafbf945e9258ac3a3 \
+                    sha256  99c79500ae99b8805253990dac7c4e99c0917dad314912e02e69bf261009d7b3 \
+                    size    775306
+github.tarball_from archive
 supported_archs     noarch
 
+depends_run-append  bin:bin:perl5
+
 test.run            yes