diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/kealib/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/kealib/package.py
index f42ac16b99ded4c7b469b6ff59d7709a3b89155d..2bc9ac25fdd9ef9d6ea2fc279e3e8546d994c7a1 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/kealib/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/kealib/package.py
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@ class Kealib(CMakePackage):
     url      = "https://bitbucket.org/chchrsc/kealib/get/kealib-1.4.7.tar.gz"
 
     version('develop', hg='https://bitbucket.org/chchrsc/kealib')
+    version('1.4.8', '1af2514c908f9168ff6665cc012815ad')
     version('1.4.7', '6139e31e50f552247ddf98f489948893')
 
     depends_on('cmake@2.8.10:', type='build')