diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/cub/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/cub/package.py
index b868410587..7460bc799b 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/cub/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/cub/package.py
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ class Cub(Package):
     homepage = "https://nvlabs.github.com/cub"
     url      = "https://github.com/NVlabs/cub/archive/1.6.4.zip"
 
+    version('1.7.1', '028ac43922a4538596338ad5aef0f0c4')
     version('1.6.4', '924fc12c0efb17264c3ad2d611ed1c51')
     version('1.4.1', '74a36eb84e5b5f0bf54aa3df39f660b2')