diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/silo/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/silo/package.py
index 3416a5c6108..f3c4c3f5d68 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/silo/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/silo/package.py
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ class Silo(AutotoolsPackage):
     url = "https://wci.llnl.gov/sites/wci/files/2021-01/silo-4.10.2.tgz"
     maintainers("patrickb314")
 
+    version("main", branch="main")
     version(
         "4.11.1",
         preferred=True,