diff --git a/spack.yaml b/spack.yaml
index 305d7e61bfe40b353751192e51f444f2d0e8ae9e..07ebddfea9104f0233ad34b335c864c1be50cb7d 100644
--- a/spack.yaml
+++ b/spack.yaml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ spack:
     - hepmc3@3.2.2 +python +rootio 
     - stow@2.3.1
     - cairo@1.16.0 +fc+ft+X+pdf+gobject
-    - podio@0.13.1
+    - podio@0.13.1 build_type=RelWithDebInfo
     - geant4@10.7.1 cxxstd=17 +opengl +vecgeom +x11 +qt +threads ^qt +opengl
     - dd4hep@1.18 +geant4 +assimp +hepmc3 +ipo +lcio
     - acts@13.0.0 +dd4hep +digitization +identification +json +tgeo +ipo +examples +fatras +geant4
diff --git a/spack/packages/podio/package.py b/spack/packages/podio/package.py
index c35f2a711863938628f0487cc29d18f032c66db7..322175f8eb878000888f82312ae9158f29362aa6 100644
--- a/spack/packages/podio/package.py
+++ b/spack/packages/podio/package.py
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ class Podio(CMakePackage):
 
     variant('build_type', default='Release',
             description='The build type to build',
-            values=('Debug', 'Release'))
+            values=('Debug', 'RelWithDebInfo', 'MinSizeRel', 'Release'))
 
     variant('sio', default=False,
             description='Build the SIO I/O backend')