diff --git a/eic-spack.sh b/eic-spack.sh
index a35c455b5983f665af5799611b8604227a3e8470..de48a26a34d6632dc4e79bf178b5d1b81e73ddbc 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="963fe2536abd16fc2f7b1fb228935a5fb41d62ca"
+EICSPACK_VERSION="611392c0a45da26354ae5fb50f12f383db7a1f6b"
diff --git a/spack-environment/xl/spack.yaml b/spack-environment/xl/spack.yaml
index af810d4d5565d82e51cfb7276da19b4fa46de5b1..fb5b25659eb612603f09754c1c1782a6cc4232ab 100644
--- a/spack-environment/xl/spack.yaml
+++ b/spack-environment/xl/spack.yaml
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ spack:
   - epic@24.06.0
   - epic@24.07.0
   - epic@24.08.0
+  - epic@24.08.1
   - fastjet
   - fjcontrib
   - fmt