diff --git a/eic-spack.sh b/eic-spack.sh
index e8c82195c9c2cf745691691abf077f208791b7f4..aa23e94e12e20c32be3af61fc7a892ddafe3da54 100644
--- a/eic-spack.sh
+++ b/eic-spack.sh
@@ -3,4 +3,4 @@ EICSPACK_ORGREPO="eic/eic-spack"
 
 ## EIC spack commit hash or github version, e.g. v0.19.7
 ## note: nightly builds could use a branch e.g. releases/v0.19
-EICSPACK_VERSION="038a15d38a65247be610e926cb5192ed95217248"
+EICSPACK_VERSION="develop"