diff --git a/math/R-backports/Makefile b/math/R-backports/Makefile
index 49199b363c81..0827b6811d44 100644
--- a/math/R-backports/Makefile
+++ b/math/R-backports/Makefile
@@ -1,12 +1,11 @@
-# $NetBSD: Makefile,v 1.2 2019/08/08 19:53:47 brook Exp $
+# $NetBSD: Makefile,v 1.3 2021/01/03 11:30:46 mef Exp $
 
 R_PKGNAME=	backports
-R_PKGVER=	1.1.4
-CATEGORIES=	math
+R_PKGVER=	1.2.1
 
 MAINTAINER=	pkgsrc-users@NetBSD.org
 COMMENT=	Reimplementations of functions introduced since R-3.0.0
-LICENSE=	gnu-gpl-v2
+LICENSE=	gnu-gpl-v2 OR gnu-gpl-v3
 
 USE_LANGUAGES=	c
 
diff --git a/math/R-backports/distinfo b/math/R-backports/distinfo
index 237dc273e222..9b6e3c88916e 100644
--- a/math/R-backports/distinfo
+++ b/math/R-backports/distinfo
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
-$NetBSD: distinfo,v 1.1 2019/07/31 13:11:29 brook Exp $
+$NetBSD: distinfo,v 1.2 2021/01/03 11:30:46 mef Exp $
 
-SHA1 (R/backports_1.1.4.tar.gz) = 5928c8b69a53339f0e1ebce8771fd7a21f7bf819
-RMD160 (R/backports_1.1.4.tar.gz) = 5106b05d8a016d0446f7468335d027ae6ec363ba
-SHA512 (R/backports_1.1.4.tar.gz) = 323d7761b113cd2b21f61c4855b9ed1ce0f472033175a689f3e3c545aef5c8103f1a23b55f6a4db2e88b18338903ec3ef0888bc7a7d1dbd30bc3741582186b15
-Size (R/backports_1.1.4.tar.gz) = 13859 bytes
+SHA1 (R/backports_1.2.1.tar.gz) = 825f2619cc9eefa362f49f5d7245f20ecb9f47ce
+RMD160 (R/backports_1.2.1.tar.gz) = d9e794aaa776db9548805e7fe42b0f821e3d6060
+SHA512 (R/backports_1.2.1.tar.gz) = ec0813fa1a7d99a4848ffe3cd8a44453931df7a321505f6689f1211465ef86847b1359d657406a6086b2ca113ae4d1f136c945e43467d0ed303ecf96fb5e436b
+Size (R/backports_1.2.1.tar.gz) = 21184 bytes