diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/libgcrypt/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/libgcrypt/package.py
index 46ba7ab703..07161ff08c 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/libgcrypt/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/libgcrypt/package.py
@@ -8,13 +8,15 @@
 
 class Libgcrypt(AutotoolsPackage):
     """Libgcrypt is a general purpose cryptographic library based on
-       the code from GnuPG. It provides functions for all cryptographic
-       building blocks: symmetric ciphers, hash algorithms, MACs, public
-       key algorithms, large integer functions, random numbers and a lot
-       of supporting functions. """
-    homepage = "http://www.gnu.org/software/libgcrypt/"
-    url = "https://gnupg.org/ftp/gcrypt/libgcrypt/libgcrypt-1.8.1.tar.bz2"
+    the code from GnuPG. It provides functions for all cryptographic
+    building blocks: symmetric ciphers, hash algorithms, MACs, public
+    key algorithms, large integer functions, random numbers and a lot
+    of supporting functions."""
 
+    homepage = "http://www.gnu.org/software/libgcrypt/"
+    url = "https://gnupg.org/ftp/gcrypt/libgcrypt/libgcrypt-1.8.5.tar.bz2"
+
+    version('1.8.5', sha256='3b4a2a94cb637eff5bdebbcaf46f4d95c4f25206f459809339cdada0eb577ac3')
     version('1.8.4', sha256='f638143a0672628fde0cad745e9b14deb85dffb175709cacc1f4fe24b93f2227')
     version('1.8.1', sha256='7a2875f8b1ae0301732e878c0cca2c9664ff09ef71408f085c50e332656a78b3')
     version('1.7.6', sha256='626aafee84af9d2ce253d2c143dc1c0902dda045780cc241f39970fc60be05bc')