diff --git a/dev-R/mgcv/Manifest b/dev-R/mgcv/Manifest
index 6f3ebe1479..be9eec0e44 100644
--- a/dev-R/mgcv/Manifest
+++ b/dev-R/mgcv/Manifest
@@ -1 +1 @@
-DIST mgcv_1.8-36.tar.gz 1207096 BLAKE2B 9d27e2638760b797eac8ff2e70e13cbb8343e762875bb81c67dee113307e3319df23f0190a593ad01de55eedc1f4edb42a0f22f34285ff6183b807cbcbc22478 SHA512 55f382fcb2650b170375b103207333db0f448652fdefbba04a7f4f74551673d75d9c6bb12d63ac506c7607f4444edd5e8271ffd47b0521e832c9b71d764b5954
+DIST mgcv_1.8-39.tar.gz 1208343 BLAKE2B 921d455198a3c3d706d892446f1921703ad928da579107ad8cecf4b1c819d6f4997a08c1388a617dd322bf87a8ce312082c4b02e61a4205fa80971ad72c2f7ba SHA512 f664dceaa3680ec9a5a89781bef1d8206f2874f8397c0e9d639634cc7df044ccd738c950504418cbe82158432a92eb4e5911b1500434e820098eecfb1a58988a
diff --git a/dev-R/mgcv/mgcv-1.8.36.ebuild b/dev-R/mgcv/mgcv-1.8.39.ebuild
similarity index 89%
rename from dev-R/mgcv/mgcv-1.8.36.ebuild
rename to dev-R/mgcv/mgcv-1.8.39.ebuild
index 2863b64cf3..39863e54d3 100644
--- a/dev-R/mgcv/mgcv-1.8.36.ebuild
+++ b/dev-R/mgcv/mgcv-1.8.39.ebuild
@@ -20,3 +20,8 @@ DEPEND="
 	virtual/Matrix
 "
 RDEPEND="${DEPEND}"
+
+SUGGESTED_PACKAGES="
+	dev-R/survival
+	dev-R/MASS
+"