diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/paraview/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/paraview/package.py
index 5ca64f29c08..aae15f3c11d 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/paraview/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/paraview/package.py
@@ -28,6 +28,9 @@ class Paraview(CMakePackage, CudaPackage, ROCmPackage):
     tags = ["e4s"]
 
     version("master", branch="master", submodules=True)
+    version(
+        "5.12.0-RC1", sha256="892eda2ae72831bbadd846be465d496ada35739779229c604cddd56e018a1aea"
+    )
     version(
         "5.11.2",
         sha256="5c5d2f922f30d91feefc43b4a729015dbb1459f54c938896c123d2ac289c7a1e",