diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/gawk/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/gawk/package.py
index 8e39744e75..d3e09692b4 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/gawk/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/gawk/package.py
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ class Gawk(AutotoolsPackage, GNUMirrorPackage):
     homepage = "https://www.gnu.org/software/gawk/"
     gnu_mirror_path = "gawk/gawk-4.1.4.tar.xz"
 
+    version('5.1.0', sha256='cf5fea4ac5665fd5171af4716baab2effc76306a9572988d5ba1078f196382bd')
     version('5.0.1', sha256='8e4e86f04ed789648b66f757329743a0d6dfb5294c3b91b756a474f1ce05a794')
     version('4.1.4', sha256='53e184e2d0f90def9207860531802456322be091c7b48f23fdc79cda65adc266')