diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/libsonata/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/libsonata/package.py
index 53c405479bfd60..a28fc9384ca213 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/libsonata/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/libsonata/package.py
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ class Libsonata(CMakePackage):
     git = "https://github.com/BlueBrain/libsonata.git"
 
     version('develop', branch='master', submodules=False, get_full_repo=True)
-    version('0.1.10', submodules=False, get_full_repo=True)
+    version('0.1.10', tag='v0.1.10', submodules=False, get_full_repo=True)
     # Important: v0.1.9 is not Spack-compatible (use v0.1.10 instead)
     # version('0.1.9', tag='v0.1.9', submodules=False, get_full_repo=True)
     version('0.1.8', tag='v0.1.8', submodules=False, get_full_repo=True)
diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/py-libsonata/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/py-libsonata/package.py
index 7065b888f7171c..81d1d1029ce1e0 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/py-libsonata/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/py-libsonata/package.py
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ class PyLibsonata(PythonPackage):
     git = "https://github.com/BlueBrain/libsonata.git"
 
     version('develop', branch='master', submodules=True, get_full_repo=True)
-    version('0.1.10', submodules=True, get_full_repo=True)
+    version('0.1.10', tag='v0.1.10', submodules=True, get_full_repo=True)
     # Important: v0.1.9 is not Spack-compatible (use v0.1.10 instead)
     # version('0.1.9', tag='v0.1.9', submodules=True, get_full_repo=True)
     version('0.1.8', tag='v0.1.8', submodules=True, get_full_repo=True)