diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/python/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/python/package.py
index 4b94887a7d28d6bb950c5e8476ce11fdf25f0207..3e18c294aaa9187af2231bd492e04fdfcc55e532 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/python/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/python/package.py
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ class Python(AutotoolsPackage):
 
     maintainers = ['adamjstewart']
 
+    version('3.8.1',  sha256='c7cfa39a43b994621b245e029769e9126caa2a93571cee2e743b213cceac35fb')
     version('3.8.0',  sha256='f1069ad3cae8e7ec467aa98a6565a62a48ef196cb8f1455a245a08db5e1792df')
     version('3.7.4',  sha256='d63e63e14e6d29e17490abbe6f7d17afb3db182dbd801229f14e55f4157c4ba3', preferred=True)
     version('3.7.3',  sha256='d62e3015f2f89c970ac52343976b406694931742fbde2fed8d1ce8ebb4e1f8ff')