diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/python/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/python/package.py
index b5272ea3ea..5001e0271c 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/python/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/python/package.py
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ class Python(AutotoolsPackage):
 
     maintainers = ['adamjstewart', 'skosukhin']
 
+    version('3.9.9',  sha256='2cc7b67c1f3f66c571acc42479cdf691d8ed6b47bee12c9b68430413a17a44ea')
     version('3.9.8',  sha256='7447fb8bb270942d620dd24faa7814b1383b61fa99029a240025fd81c1db8283')
     version('3.9.7',  sha256='a838d3f9360d157040142b715db34f0218e535333696a5569dc6f854604eb9d1')
     version('3.9.6',  sha256='d0a35182e19e416fc8eae25a3dcd4d02d4997333e4ad1f2eee6010aadc3fe866')