diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/py-jarvis-util/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/py-jarvis-util/package.py
index 48bab756784..beb3554e948 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/py-jarvis-util/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/py-jarvis-util/package.py
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ class PyJarvisUtil(PythonPackage):
     url = "https://github.com/scs-lab/jarvis-util/archive/refs/tags/v0.0.1.tar.gz"
     maintainers("lukemartinlogan", "hyoklee")
 
+    version("master", branch="master")
     version("0.0.1", sha256="1c5fbbfec410f1df8dc28edc87dd4421c3708f5bd22bf7ef010138d5c4a1ff8f")
 
     depends_on("py-setuptools", type="build")