diff --git a/eic-spack.sh b/eic-spack.sh
index 67af4eec7e36190d121f8f5b4461418b72da8b4c..a35c455b5983f665af5799611b8604227a3e8470 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="ea293884c2ed8e1c73f2ff49c309a2d9c4fdadc9"
+EICSPACK_VERSION="963fe2536abd16fc2f7b1fb228935a5fb41d62ca"
diff --git a/spack-environment/packages.yaml b/spack-environment/packages.yaml
index 91e841708e23340a80b9185cdf1200e1f6dfeb6d..64342f380a3e270b112b7e893cda6f4c76f9d427 100644
--- a/spack-environment/packages.yaml
+++ b/spack-environment/packages.yaml
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ packages:
     - '@1.1.12'
   eicrecon:
     require:
-    - '@1.16.0' # EICRECON_VERSION
+    - '@1.16.1' # EICRECON_VERSION
   eigen:
     require:
     - '@3.4.0'