diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/adios2/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/adios2/package.py
index 98dbe189a61..b345f5e4c53 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/adios2/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/adios2/package.py
@@ -25,6 +25,9 @@ class Adios2(CMakePackage, CudaPackage, ROCmPackage):
     license("Apache-2.0")
 
     version("master", branch="master")
+    version(
+        "2.10.0-rc1", sha256="8b72142bd5aabfb80c7963f524df11b8721c09ef20caea6df5fb00c31a7747c0"
+    )
     version(
         "2.9.2",
         sha256="78309297c82a95ee38ed3224c98b93d330128c753a43893f63bbe969320e4979",