diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 06f7a791e4a3849380d1e5ddca7f9575a58a3a56..5daa67d8918f9e663be45569260e459363ed150b 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -30,6 +30,9 @@ variables:
     3afe6f1adcc24335cbca9a9c03ffea188f802766
     559c3de213707b5d52d899fd0382495f2cc8508d
     8e84dcd7ef999e2659822b34372515175f1723c4
+    65bd9b9ac556480b4a9dcc60f7539492af195d4a
+    1a32cea11495cbdd699fea4fe622babab83e630d
+    6edc4807369a05786e36f63b5d959588ae94a1fa
   ## Ref: https://github.com/spack/spack/commit/[hash]
   ## [hash]: [description]
   ## b5ef5c2eb5145020f9de1bcb964626ce6ac2d02e: geant4: version bumps for Geant4 11.1.0
@@ -49,6 +52,9 @@ variables:
   ## 3afe6f1adcc24335cbca9a9c03ffea188f802766: ROOT: add math/gsl conflict and change version-dependent features to conditional variants
   ## 559c3de213707b5d52d899fd0382495f2cc8508d: ROOT: new versions and associated dependency constraints
   ## 8e84dcd7ef999e2659822b34372515175f1723c4: root: new version 6.28.00
+  ## 65bd9b9ac556480b4a9dcc60f7539492af195d4a: podio, edm4hep: add v0.7.2 and v0.16.1 respectively
+  ## 1a32cea11495cbdd699fea4fe622babab83e630d: podio: add v0.16.2
+  ## 6edc4807369a05786e36f63b5d959588ae94a1fa: podio: Add version 0.16.3
 
   ## EIC spack organization and repository, e.g. eic/eic-spack
   EICSPACK_ORGREPO: "eic/eic-spack"
diff --git a/spack.yaml b/spack.yaml
index 7aff422ae2ac0b7c7d6ce50ba7b1c641963ae014..e49422cb3759db3b6e988ca626ef74bb34157cd4 100644
--- a/spack.yaml
+++ b/spack.yaml
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ spack:
     - osg-ca-certs@1.109.igtf.1.117
     - phonebook-cli@1.0.0
     - pkg-config@0.29.2
-    - podio@0.16.2
+    - podio@0.16.3
     - prmon@3.0.2 +plot
     - pythia8@8.306 +fastjet
     - python@3.10.8