diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/py-numexpr/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/py-numexpr/package.py
index 7bce85851bf7c764327fb238f862d717d9c5addc..29416d8cb18ae549599f6c6c49dffe6cdd00c9b5 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/py-numexpr/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/py-numexpr/package.py
@@ -28,8 +28,9 @@
 class PyNumexpr(PythonPackage):
     """Fast numerical expression evaluator for NumPy"""
     homepage = "https://pypi.python.org/pypi/numexpr"
-    url      = "https://pypi.io/packages/source/n/numexpr/numexpr-2.6.1.tar.gz"
+    url      = "https://pypi.io/packages/source/n/numexpr/numexpr-2.6.5.tar.gz"
 
+    version('2.6.5', 'c9b5859c11bd6da092f6c8a84a472e77')
     version('2.6.1', '6365245705b446426df9543ad218dd8e')
     version('2.5',   '84f66cced45ba3e30dcf77a937763aaa')
     version('2.4.6', '17ac6fafc9ea1ce3eb970b9abccb4fbd')