diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 5daa67d8918f9e663be45569260e459363ed150b..af8769dc132e62f3c35cdbe56fb9fdef792961ef 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ variables:
   ## Application versions used for the main release 
   ## note: nightly builds will always use the master/main branch
   JUGGLER_VERSION: "v9.3.0"
-  EICRECON_VERSION: "v0.6.2"
+  EICRECON_VERSION: "v0.6.4"
 
   ## Spack organization and repository, e.g. spack/spack
   SPACK_ORGREPO: "spack/spack"
diff --git a/spack.yaml b/spack.yaml
index e49422cb3759db3b6e988ca626ef74bb34157cd4..2d6de0b3b15ea1673ed421bc76f97b8e3608dd78 100644
--- a/spack.yaml
+++ b/spack.yaml
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ spack:
     - imagemagick@7.0.8-7
     - intel-tbb@2020.3
     - irt@1.0.5
-    - jana2@2.0.8 -ipo +root +zmq
+    - jana2@2.1.0 -ipo +podio +root +zmq
     - lcov@1.15
     - madx@5.08.01
     - mesa@22.1.2 +glx -llvm +opengl +opengles +osmesa