diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/sra-toolkit/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/sra-toolkit/package.py
index 5251cce789..972f4d8a70 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/sra-toolkit/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/sra-toolkit/package.py
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ class SraToolkit(Package):
     homepage = "https://trace.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/Traces/sra"
     url      = "https://ftp-trace.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sra/sdk/2.8.2-1/sratoolkit.2.8.2-1-centos_linux64.tar.gz"
 
+    version('2.9.6', sha256='faab687c822d0c02956f73f35e04875dde420ce9f602b88bbf3f2e8d79a17155')
     version('2.9.2', sha256='17dbe13aa1ed7955d31e1e76e8b62786e80a77e9ed9d396631162dc3ad8b716d')
     version('2.8.2-1', sha256='b053061aae7c6d00162fe0f514be4128a60365b4b2b5b36e7f4798b348b55cf5')