diff --git a/containers/jug/dev.Dockerfile b/containers/jug/dev.Dockerfile
index 3a85c9dd9e40785fe0cc9cbfec5300bad1347352..eb700529ae34b02fd6c2b9bafaaede227ebeac13 100644
--- a/containers/jug/dev.Dockerfile
+++ b/containers/jug/dev.Dockerfile
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ RUN git clone --filter=tree:0 https://github.com/${KEY4HEPSPACK_ORGREPO}.git ${K
 ## ========================================================================================
 FROM spack as builder
 
-## Setup our custom environment (secret mount for write-enabled mirror)
+## 1. Setup our default environment (secret mount for write-enabled mirror)
 COPY --from=spack-environment . /opt/spack-environment/
 ARG ENV=dev
 ENV SPACK_ENV=/opt/spack-environment/${ENV}
@@ -135,7 +135,7 @@ RUN --mount=type=cache,target=/ccache,id=${TARGETPLATFORM}              \
  && ccache --show-stats                                                 \
  && ccache --zero-stats
 
-## Setup our custom environment with custom versions (on top of cached layer)
+## 2. Setup our environment with custom versions (on top of cached layer)
 ARG JUGGLER_VERSION=""
 ARG EICRECON_VERSION=""
 ADD https://eicweb.phy.anl.gov/api/v4/projects/EIC%2Fjuggler/repository/tree?ref=${JUGGLER_VERSION} /tmp/juggler.json
@@ -154,6 +154,7 @@ RUN --mount=type=cache,target=/ccache,id=${TARGETPLATFORM}              \
  && if [ -n ${EICRECON_VERSION} ] ; then                                \
       spack rm eicrecon && spack add eicrecon@git.${EICRECON_VERSION} ; \
     fi                                                                  \
+ && spack concretize --force --fresh                                    \
  && make --jobs ${jobs} --keep-going --directory /opt/spack-environment \
     SPACK_ENV=${SPACK_ENV}                                              \
     BUILDCACHE_MIRROR="local eics3rw"                                   \