diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/py-coverage/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/py-coverage/package.py
index 4902fe3aac..ac62512a3d 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/py-coverage/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/py-coverage/package.py
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ class PyCoverage(PythonPackage):
     homepage = "https://nedbatchelder.com/code/coverage/"
     pypi = "coverage/coverage-4.5.4.tar.gz"
 
+    version('5.5',   sha256='ebe78fe9a0e874362175b02371bdfbee64d8edc42a044253ddf4ee7d3c15212c')
     version('5.3', sha256='280baa8ec489c4f542f8940f9c4c2181f0306a8ee1a54eceba071a449fb870a0')
     version('5.0.4', sha256='1b60a95fc995649464e0cd48cecc8288bac5f4198f21d04b8229dc4097d76823')
     version('4.5.4', sha256='e07d9f1a23e9e93ab5c62902833bf3e4b1f65502927379148b6622686223125c')