diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/flux-core/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/flux-core/package.py
index e5377ccb2a..2904397152 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/flux-core/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/flux-core/package.py
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ class FluxCore(AutotoolsPackage):
     license("LGPL-3.0-only")
 
     version("master", branch="master")
+    version("0.61.0", sha256="02cedc6abb12816cbb01f2195c1acf7b6552c1d8b9029f899148df48a7cd05e2")
     version("0.60.0", sha256="f96025204a20f94c2821db47fe010b2c19e076ef93281ac7d308e82853e135ff")
     version("0.59.0", sha256="465d24294b92962d156ad49768ea804ff848d5c0b3470d80e07ebf24cd255f2d")
     version("0.58.0", sha256="3125ace7d4d3c99b362290344f97db74c06c37b5510cfcb746e1bf48e1dc1389")