diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/parallel-netcdf/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/parallel-netcdf/package.py
index 62a8f7ca0ba9ecf03b5ae7a0da652b22718739ad..e6f8cf026bf2cc41f031dcd6dc0451fa217b7f22 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/parallel-netcdf/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/parallel-netcdf/package.py
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ class ParallelNetcdf(Package):
     homepage = "https://trac.mcs.anl.gov/projects/parallel-netcdf"
     url      = "http://cucis.ece.northwestern.edu/projects/PnetCDF/Release/parallel-netcdf-1.6.1.tar.gz"
 
+    version('1.7.0', '267eab7b6f9dc78c4d0e6def2def3aea4bc7c9f0')
     version('1.6.1', '62a094eb952f9d1e15f07d56e535052604f1ac34')
 
     depends_on("m4")