diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/glib/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/glib/package.py
index e16b9ffee116c4474d289e4b9a50da6656214a24..6a004d8e644b2281744b80f6c2a52b08ab7df88a 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/glib/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/glib/package.py
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ class Glib(AutotoolsPackage):
     homepage = "https://developer.gnome.org/glib/"
     url      = "https://ftp.gnome.org/pub/gnome/sources/glib/2.53/glib-2.53.1.tar.xz"
 
+    version('2.56.1', '40ef3f44f2c651c7a31aedee44259809b6f03d3d20be44545cd7d177221c0b8d')
     version('2.56.0', 'f2b59392f2fb514bbe7791dda0c36da5')
     version('2.55.1', '9cbb6b3c7e75ba75575588497c7707b6')
     version('2.53.1', '3362ef4da713f834ea26904caf3a75f5')