diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 822e61bcfa50e9e9cf49a0d13a5ef9aa03603649..c25d21c89c17214c930476119f04b02a712b1cf6 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ image: eicweb.phy.anl.gov:4567/containers/image_recipes/ubuntu_dind:latest
 variables:
   ## Application versions used for the main release 
   ## note: nightly builds will always use the master/main branch
-  JUGGLER_VERSION: "v9.0.0"
+  JUGGLER_VERSION: "v9.1.0"
 
   ## Spack organization and repository, e.g. spack/spack
   SPACK_ORGREPO: "spack/spack"
diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index 7af24b7ddbde0cc4fda5f94064db85143eed4778..1d9b7831ba9d90866e21ce7154fbb84cc448ef60 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-22.11.0
+22.12.0
diff --git a/spack.yaml b/spack.yaml
index d89100365dba116cf78a887db92674a8495aa4fe..b32fe8b5ac9eff5593ea1268fcd72b4a457c47ae 100644
--- a/spack.yaml
+++ b/spack.yaml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 spack:
   specs:
-    - acts@19.10.0 +dd4hep +identification +json +tgeo +ipo +examples +fatras +geant4 +python
+    - acts@20.3.0 +dd4hep +identification +json +tgeo +ipo +examples +fatras +geant4 +python
     - actsvg@0.4.26 +examples
     - afterburner@0.1.2 +root +zlib
     - cairo@1.16.0 +fc+ft+X+pdf+gobject
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ spack:
     - edm4eic@1.2.1 cxxstd=17 -ipo
     - edm4hep@0.7 cxxstd=17 -ipo
     - eic-smear@1.1.10
-    - eicrecon@0.3.6.2
+    - eicrecon@0.4.0
     - eigen@3.4.0
     - emacs
     - fastjet@3.4.0