diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/vardictjava/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/vardictjava/package.py
index 66745a6a58c..8e8a29c8a5c 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/vardictjava/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/vardictjava/package.py
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ class Vardictjava(Package):
     url      = "https://github.com/AstraZeneca-NGS/VarDictJava/releases/download/v1.5.1/VarDict-1.5.1.tar"
 
     version('1.5.1', '8c0387bcc1f7dc696b04e926c48b27e6')
+    version('1.4.4', '6b2d7e1e5502b875760fc9938a0fe5e0')
 
     depends_on('java@8:', type='run')