diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/julia/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/julia/package.py
index 41a359514e..883f12d4d8 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/julia/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/julia/package.py
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ class Julia(Package):
     maintainers = ['glennpj']
 
     version('master', branch='master')
+    version('1.6.1', sha256='71d8e40611361370654e8934c407b2dec04944cf3917c5ecb6482d6b85ed767f')
     version('1.6.0', sha256='1b05f42c9368bc2349c47363b7ddc175a2da3cd162d52b6e24c4f5d4d6e1232c')
     version('1.5.4', sha256='26a5f7d53a05c5f69a2877c3b489646807e0c0b29141ba90cd359aa1d37bf77b')
     version('1.5.3', sha256='fb69337ca037576758547c7eed9ae8f153a9c052318327b6b7f1917408c14d91')