diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/capnproto/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/capnproto/package.py
index 0830e4d472..48a3f4a70f 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/capnproto/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/capnproto/package.py
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ class Capnproto(AutotoolsPackage):
     url      = "https://capnproto.org/capnproto-c++-0.7.0.tar.gz"
     git      = "https://github.com/capnproto/capnproto"
 
+    version('0.8.0', sha256='d1f40e47574c65700f0ec98bf66729378efabe3c72bc0cda795037498541c10d')
     version('0.7.0', sha256='c9a4c0bd88123064d483ab46ecee777f14d933359e23bff6fb4f4dbd28b4cd41')
 
     def configure_args(self):