diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/sz/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/sz/package.py
index 955503bfbf..3924e0525f 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/sz/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/sz/package.py
@@ -11,11 +11,14 @@ class Sz(AutotoolsPackage):
     """Error-bounded Lossy Compressor for HPC Data."""
 
     homepage = "https://collab.cels.anl.gov/display/ESR/SZ"
-    url      = "https://github.com/disheng222/SZ/archive/v2.0.2.0.tar.gz"
+    url      = "https://github.com/disheng222/SZ/archive/v2.1.8.0.tar.gz"
+    maintainers = ['disheng222']
+    parallel = False
 
     git      = "https://github.com/disheng222/SZ.git"
 
     version('develop', branch='master')
+    version('2.1.8.0', sha256='8d6bceb59a03d52e601e29d9b35c21b146c248abae352f9a4828e91d8d26aa24')
     version('2.0.2.0',  sha256='176c65b421bdec8e91010ffbc9c7bf7852c799972101d6b66d2a30d9702e59b0')
     version('1.4.13.5', sha256='b5e37bf3c377833eed0a7ca0471333c96cd2a82863abfc73893561aaba5f18b9')
     version('1.4.13.4', sha256='c99b95793c48469cac60e6cf82f921babf732ca8c50545a719e794886289432b')