diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/strace/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/strace/package.py
index 59b493708fd0d64f55d3a5036bf2696be531fabb..8a705e55790be050f09bceec370d62eed1b24a25 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/strace/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/strace/package.py
@@ -17,4 +17,5 @@ class Strace(AutotoolsPackage):
 
     conflicts('platform=darwin', msg='strace runs only on Linux.')
 
+    version('5.0', sha256='3b7ad77eb2b81dc6078046a9cc56eed5242b67b63748e7fc28f7c2daf4e647da')
     version('4.21', '785b679a75e9758ebeb66816f315b9fe')