diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/canu/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/canu/package.py
index 09faac1e76d13a5ac81bfdc6816793c83150fcef..1bf0e0cca1d05ab6c99977c3c230d42a81f96fc1 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/canu/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/canu/package.py
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ class Canu(MakefilePackage):
     homepage = "http://canu.readthedocs.io/"
     url      = "https://github.com/marbl/canu/archive/v1.5.tar.gz"
 
+    version('2.0', sha256='e2e6e8b5ec4dd4cfba5e372f4a64b2c01fbd544d4b5867746021f10771a6f4ef')
     version('1.8',   sha256='30ecfe574166f54f79606038830f68927cf0efab33bdc3c6e43fd1448fa0b2e4')
     version('1.7.1', sha256='c314659c929ee05fd413274f391463a93f19b8337eabb7ee5de1ecfc061caafa')
     version('1.7',   sha256='c5be54b0ad20729093413e7e722a19637d32e966dc8ecd2b579ba3e4958d378a')