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
@@ -108,11 +108,12 @@
         logger.debug('repo: %s', repo)
         origin_url, artifact_url = compute_origin_urls(repo)
         package = repo['Package']
+        version = repo['Version']
         return {
-            'uid': package,
+            'uid': f'{package}-{version}',
             'name': package,
             'full_name': repo['Title'],
-            'version': repo['Version'],
+            'version': version,
             'html_url': artifact_url,
             'origin_url': origin_url,
             'origin_type': 'tar',
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
@@ -55,6 +55,7 @@
         kwargs = row['arguments']['kwargs']
         assert len(kwargs) == 3
         assert set(kwargs.keys()) == {'url', 'version', 'artifacts'}
+        origin_url = kwargs['url']
 
         artifacts = kwargs['artifacts']
         assert len(artifacts) == 1
@@ -63,3 +64,9 @@
 
         assert row['policy'] == 'oneshot'
         assert row['retries_left'] == 3
+
+        record = lister.db_session \
+            .query(lister.MODEL) \
+            .filter(origin_url == origin_url).first()
+        assert record
+        assert record.uid == f'{record.name}-{record.version}'