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