diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/esmf/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/esmf/package.py
index f2168399aae..0b4da2bcaed 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/esmf/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/esmf/package.py
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ class Esmf(MakefilePackage, PythonExtension):
     # Develop is a special name for spack and is always considered the newest version
     version("develop", branch="develop")
     # generate chksum with 'spack checksum esmf@x.y.z'
+    version("8.8.0", sha256="f89327428aeef6ad34660b5b78f30d1c55ec67efb8f7df1991fdaa6b1eb3a27c")
     version("8.7.0", sha256="d7ab266e2af8c8b230721d4df59e61aa03c612a95cc39c07a2d5695746f21f56")
     version("8.6.1", sha256="dc270dcba1c0b317f5c9c6a32ab334cb79468dda283d1e395d98ed2a22866364")
     version("8.6.0", sha256="ed057eaddb158a3cce2afc0712b49353b7038b45b29aee86180f381457c0ebe7")