diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/lcms/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/lcms/package.py
index ca54ebf25f..8ae900aaa0 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/lcms/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/lcms/package.py
@@ -29,9 +29,11 @@ class Lcms(AutotoolsPackage):
     """Little cms is a color management library. Implements fast
        transforms between ICC profiles. It is focused on speed, and is
        portable across several platforms (MIT license)."""
-    homepage = "http://www.littlecms.com"
-    url      = "http://downloads.sourceforge.net/project/lcms/lcms/2.8/lcms2-2.8.tar.gz"
 
+    homepage = "http://www.littlecms.com"
+    url      = "http://downloads.sourceforge.net/project/lcms/lcms/2.9/lcms2-2.9.tar.gz"
+
+    version('2.9', '8de1b7724f578d2995c8fdfa35c3ad0e')
     version('2.8', '87a5913f1a52464190bb655ad230539c')
     version('2.6', 'f4c08d38ceade4a664ebff7228910a33')