diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/ack/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/ack/package.py
index ec1b6d2a22fe49f5f47ab060d6670baf811d74c9..b532ce2414df465a985e1c15ef7d31e096a4b66d 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/ack/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/ack/package.py
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ class Ack(Package):
     homepage = "http://beyondgrep.com/"
     url      = "http://beyondgrep.com/ack-2.14-single-file"
 
+    version('2.22', 'eea9d4daef7c262751f15ca9b3b70317', expand=False)
     version('2.18', 'e8ebfd7a7ec8476bffd4686bf7b14fd7', expand=False)
     version('2.16', '7085b5a5c76fda43ff049410870c8535', expand=False)
     version('2.14', 'e74150a1609d28a70b450ef9cc2ed56b', expand=False)