diff --git a/packages/pynn-brainscales/package.py b/packages/pynn-brainscales/package.py
index 6e9a70899565fdbfa20b14e6c4ab8fac49bc4489..df45a081fc406d6ceee67616dc868f860befcbd2 100644
--- a/packages/pynn-brainscales/package.py
+++ b/packages/pynn-brainscales/package.py
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ class PynnBrainscales(WafPackage):
 
     maintainers = ['emuller']
 
+    version('8.0-a2',         tag='pynn-brainscales-8.0-a2')
     version('8.0-a1',         tag='pynn-brainscales-8.0-a1')
     version('7.0-rc1-fixup3', tag='pynn-brainscales-7.0-rc1-fixup3')
     version('7.0-rc1-fixup2', tag='pynn-brainscales-7.0-rc1-fixup2')