diff --git a/astrocyte_pkg.yml b/astrocyte_pkg.yml
index 837e64c58102fee76a1b3b9881d285f9ea41b205..c22506d5f7749b46fa91f00d1d22e6eef50c83c4 100755
--- a/astrocyte_pkg.yml
+++ b/astrocyte_pkg.yml
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ workflow_parameters: []
 #            The workflow must publish all final output into $baseDir
 
 # Name of the R module that the vizapp will run against
-vizapp_r_module: 'R/3.2.1-intel'
+vizapp_r_module: 'R/3.5.1-gccmkl'
 
 # # List of any Bioconductor packages, not provided by the modules, that must be made
 # available to the vizapp