diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/boost/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/boost/package.py
index c3d09d29ac9925fa29ddbb8d17fd8c172460c375..2f2965eb12bb5a6828d7cc0ff7a32994f8dfcba5 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/boost/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/boost/package.py
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ class Boost(Package):
     list_url = "http://sourceforge.net/projects/boost/files/boost/"
     list_depth = 2
 
+    version('1.61.0', '6095876341956f65f9d35939ccea1a9f')
     version('1.60.0', '65a840e1a0b13a558ff19eeb2c4f0cbe')
     version('1.59.0', '6aa9a5c6a4ca1016edd0ed1178e3cb87')
     version('1.58.0', 'b8839650e61e9c1c0a89f371dd475546')