diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/nco/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/nco/package.py
index 34344a795bb3b6..b372986360f096 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/nco/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/nco/package.py
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ class Nco(AutotoolsPackage):
 
     license("BSD-3-Clause")
 
+    version("5.3.0", sha256="661d12f4eb678ca301bf6000f1c1d0fb0e32a69def237dc14f3253e9fc1aaf6a")
     version("5.2.9", sha256="6245886e2a18a4821b0fb768cf9906de09aeb47c303462c8e85f0d1a4f34956d")
     version("5.2.8", sha256="802676c8c22081e6eeed79b73ebe4cd6cac2edad49a712e17880b184d96daeeb")
     version("5.2.7", sha256="fb463905b9c451cf9bd5a9c2259cdff054224cea3ef449145495cdeb966f06af")