diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/bowtie2/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/bowtie2/package.py
index 8100b9dfed2..a5752dda485 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/bowtie2/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/bowtie2/package.py
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ class Bowtie2(Package):
     homepage = "http://bowtie-bio.sourceforge.net/bowtie2/index.shtml"
     url      = "http://downloads.sourceforge.net/project/bowtie-bio/bowtie2/2.3.1/bowtie2-2.3.1-source.zip"
 
+    version('2.4.1', sha256='566d6fb01a361883747103d797308ee4bdb70f6db7d27bfc72a520587815df22')
     version('2.3.5.1', sha256='335c8dafb1487a4a9228ef922fbce4fffba3ce8bc211e2d7085aac092155a53f')
     version('2.3.5', sha256='2b6b2c46fbb5565ba6206b47d07ece8754b295714522149d92acebefef08347b')
     version('2.3.4.1', sha256='a1efef603b91ecc11cfdb822087ae00ecf2dd922e03c85eea1ed7f8230c119dc')