diff --git a/spack.yaml b/spack.yaml
index fd2c18d793edb2495d8586c4c2b843dfc3f0de40..46bf6311c6086d4d28e1cfcc6985167dbf4a9c40 100644
--- a/spack.yaml
+++ b/spack.yaml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 spack:
   specs:
-    - acts@16.0.0 +dd4hep +digitization +identification +json +tgeo +ipo +examples +fatras +geant4
+    - acts@17.0.0 +dd4hep +digitization +identification +json +tgeo +ipo +examples +fatras +geant4
     - cairo@1.16.0 +fc+ft+X+pdf+gobject
     - clhep@2.4.4.0 cxxstd=17
     - cmake@3.21.4
diff --git a/spack/packages/acts/package.py b/spack/packages/acts/package.py
index 756da4da2b3282963eccf789fd0a6e911a8ca4d8..c02f43ddbff6292143979301a28c9747a13dcc7c 100644
--- a/spack/packages/acts/package.py
+++ b/spack/packages/acts/package.py
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 from spack.pkg.builtin.acts import Acts as BuiltinActs
 class Acts(BuiltinActs):
+    version('17.0.0', commit='ccbf4c7d4ec3698bac4db9687fab2455a3f9c203', submodules=True)
     version('16.0.0', commit='9bd86921155e708189417b5a8019add10fd5b273', submodules=True)
     version('15.1.0', commit='a96e6db7de6075e85b6d5346bc89845eeb89b324', submodules=True)
     version('15.0.0', commit='0fef9e0831a90e946745390882aac871b211eaac', submodules=True)