diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/universal-ctags/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/universal-ctags/package.py
index 899b475d48e..b74e1cdaa00 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/universal-ctags/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/universal-ctags/package.py
@@ -19,6 +19,9 @@ class UniversalCtags(AutotoolsPackage):
     license("GPL-2.0-or-later")
 
     version("master", branch="master")
+    version(
+        "6.1.20240505.0", sha256="d9329d9d28c8280fcf8626594813958d9f90160ad6c7f10b0341a577d5b53527"
+    )
     version(
         "5.9.20210912.0", sha256="5082d4f7e5695be3d697c46e2232d76c6d8adff51d22ba7a4b869362f444ee21"
     )