diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/zsh/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/zsh/package.py
index 24bb9ec8968..7a298d16b51 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/zsh/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/zsh/package.py
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ class Zsh(AutotoolsPackage):
     homepage = "http://www.zsh.org"
     url = "http://downloads.sourceforge.net/project/zsh/zsh/5.1.1/zsh-5.1.1.tar.gz"
 
+    version('5.3.1', checksum='d583fbca0c2410bf9542ce8a651c26ca')
     version('5.1.1', checksum='8ba28a9ef82e40c3a271602f18343b2f')
 
     depends_on("pcre")