diff --git a/spack-environment/packages.yaml b/spack-environment/packages.yaml
index 56a485ebf17c60a2d8a29daa6e603ce238b7ed7f..dbdc633d6978eebd5fa961f1b51cb337bf188fbd 100644
--- a/spack-environment/packages.yaml
+++ b/spack-environment/packages.yaml
@@ -364,7 +364,7 @@ packages:
     - '@3.20.0'
   xrootd:
     require:
-    - '@5.5.5'
+    - '@5.6.9'
     - cxxstd=20 -davix +python +scitokens-cpp
   zlib-api:
     require: