diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/fairmq/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/fairmq/package.py
index ed854f6e3a5..0e6eee57bc8 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/fairmq/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/fairmq/package.py
@@ -14,6 +14,13 @@ class Fairmq(CMakePackage):
     maintainers("dennisklein", "ChristianTackeGSI")
 
     version("dev", branch="dev", submodules=True, get_full_repo=True)
+    version(
+        "1.6.0",
+        tag="v1.6.0",
+        commit="42d27af20fb5cbbbc0b0fdfef1c981d51a8baf87",
+        submodules=True,
+        no_cache=True,
+    )
     version(
         "1.5.0",
         tag="v1.5.0",