diff --git a/swh/lister/cran/lister.py b/swh/lister/cran/lister.py
--- a/swh/lister/cran/lister.py
+++ b/swh/lister/cran/lister.py
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 import pkg_resources
 import subprocess
 
-from typing import List, Mapping
+from typing import List, Mapping, Tuple
 
 from swh.lister.cran.models import CRANModel
 
@@ -19,28 +19,39 @@
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
 
+CRAN_MIRROR = 'https://cran.r-project.org'
+
+
 class CRANLister(SimpleLister):
     MODEL = CRANModel
     LISTER_NAME = 'cran'
     instance = 'cran'
 
-    def task_dict(self, origin_type, origin_url, **kwargs):
+    def task_dict(self, origin_type, origin_url, version=None, html_url=None,
+                  policy=None, **kwargs):
         """Return task format dict. This creates tasks with args and kwargs
         set, for example::
 
             args: []
             kwargs: {
-                'url': 'https://cran.r-project.org/...',
-                'version': '0.0.1'
+                'url': 'https://cran.r-project.org/Packages/<package>...',
+                'artifacts': [{
+                    'url': 'https://cran.r-project.org/...',
+                    'version': '0.0.1',
+                }]
             }
 
         """
-        policy = kwargs.get('policy', 'oneshot')
-        version = kwargs.get('version')
+        if not policy:
+            policy = 'oneshot'
+        artifact_url = html_url
         assert origin_type == 'tar'
         return create_task_dict(
             'load-cran', policy,
-            url=origin_url, version=version, retries_left=3
+            url=origin_url, artifacts=[{
+                'url': artifact_url,
+                'version': version
+            }], retries_left=3
         )
 
     def safely_issue_request(self, identifier):
@@ -95,7 +106,7 @@
 
         """
         logger.debug('repo: %s', repo)
-        project_url = compute_package_url(repo)
+        origin_url, artifact_url = compute_origin_urls(repo)
         package = repo['Package']
         version = repo['Version']
         return {
@@ -103,8 +114,8 @@
             'name': package,
             'full_name': repo['Title'],
             'version': version,
-            'html_url': project_url,
-            'origin_url': project_url,
+            'html_url': artifact_url,
+            'origin_url': origin_url,
             'origin_type': 'tar',
         }
 
@@ -120,15 +131,18 @@
     return json.loads(response.stdout.decode('utf-8'))
 
 
-def compute_package_url(repo: Mapping[str, str]) -> str:
+def compute_origin_urls(repo: Mapping[str, str]) -> Tuple[str, str]:
     """Compute the package url from the repo dict.
 
     Args:
         repo: dict with key 'Package', 'Version'
 
     Returns:
-        the package url
+        the tuple project url, artifact url
 
     """
-    return 'https://cran.r-project.org/src/contrib' \
-        '/{Package}_{Version}.tar.gz'.format(**repo)
+    package = repo['Package']
+    version = repo['Version']
+    origin_url = f'{CRAN_MIRROR}/package={package}'
+    artifact_url = f'{CRAN_MIRROR}/src/contrib/{package}_{version}.tar.gz'
+    return origin_url, artifact_url
diff --git a/swh/lister/cran/tests/test_lister.py b/swh/lister/cran/tests/test_lister.py
--- a/swh/lister/cran/tests/test_lister.py
+++ b/swh/lister/cran/tests/test_lister.py
@@ -9,22 +9,25 @@
 from os import path
 from unittest.mock import patch
 
-from swh.lister.cran.lister import compute_package_url
+from swh.lister.cran.lister import compute_origin_urls, CRAN_MIRROR
 
 
-def test_cran_compute_package_url():
-    url = compute_package_url({'Package': 'something', 'Version': '0.0.1'})
+def test_cran_compute_origin_urls():
+    pack = 'something'
+    vers = '0.0.1'
+    origin_url, artifact_url = compute_origin_urls({
+        'Package': pack,
+        'Version': vers,
+    })
 
-    assert url == 'https://cran.r-project.org/src/contrib/%s_%s.tar.gz' % (
-        'something',
-        '0.0.1',
-    )
+    assert origin_url == f'{CRAN_MIRROR}/package={pack}'
+    assert artifact_url == f'{CRAN_MIRROR}/src/contrib/{pack}_{vers}.tar.gz'
 
 
-def test_cran_compute_package_url_failure():
+def test_cran_compute_origin_urls_failure():
     for incomplete_repo in [{'Version': '0.0.1'}, {'Package': 'package'}, {}]:
         with pytest.raises(KeyError):
-            compute_package_url(incomplete_repo)
+            compute_origin_urls(incomplete_repo)
 
 
 @patch('swh.lister.cran.lister.read_cran_data')
@@ -51,7 +54,12 @@
         # kwargs
         kwargs = row['arguments']['kwargs']
         assert len(kwargs) == 2
-        assert set(kwargs.keys()) == {'url', 'version'}
+        assert set(kwargs.keys()) == {'url', 'artifacts'}
+
+        artifacts = kwargs['artifacts']
+        assert len(artifacts) == 1
+
+        assert set(artifacts[0].keys()) == {'url', 'version'}
 
         assert row['policy'] == 'oneshot'
         assert row['retries_left'] == 3