diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 378fb83aa2f6c926ced5cdd125be2a50ca75033e..1f7a4dabab3721bf582da3dac26755c2ad469777 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -7,8 +7,7 @@ variables:
 
   ## Application versions used for the main release 
   ## note: nightly builds will always use the master/main branch
-  JUGGLER_VERSION: "v10.1.0"
-  EICRECON_VERSION: "v1.7.0"
+  EICRECON_VERSION: "acts-upgrade-26"
 
   ## Local registry
   CI_PUSH: 1
@@ -337,7 +336,6 @@ jug_dev:
                    --build-arg S3_SECRET_KEY=${S3_SECRET_KEY}
                    --build-arg JUG_VERSION=${EXPORT_TAG}-${BUILD_TYPE}-$(git rev-parse HEAD)
                    ${IF_BUILD_DEFAULT:+
-                     --build-arg JUGGLER_VERSION=${JUGGLER_VERSION}
                      --build-arg EICRECON_VERSION=${EICRECON_VERSION}
                    }
                    --build-arg ENV=${ENV}
diff --git a/containers/jug/dev.Dockerfile b/containers/jug/dev.Dockerfile
index 5306d30a5a6441c2a84930b7977b8088773355b1..79523c2788626fdc33e7c48cdda8a431864bd989 100644
--- a/containers/jug/dev.Dockerfile
+++ b/containers/jug/dev.Dockerfile
@@ -132,8 +132,6 @@ FROM spack as builder
 ## Setup our custom environment (secret mount for write-enabled mirror)
 COPY --from=spack-environment . /opt/spack-environment/
 ARG ENV=dev
-ARG JUGGLER_VERSION="main"
-ADD https://eicweb.phy.anl.gov/api/v4/projects/EIC%2Fjuggler/repository/tree?ref=${JUGGLER_VERSION} /tmp/juggler.json
 ARG EICRECON_VERSION="main"
 ADD https://api.github.com/repos/eic/eicrecon/commits/${EICRECON_VERSION} /tmp/eicrecon.json
 ENV SPACK_ENV=/opt/spack-environment/${ENV}
@@ -146,7 +144,6 @@ export CCACHE_DIR=/ccache
 spack buildcache update-index local
 spack buildcache update-index eics3rw
 spack env activate --dir ${SPACK_ENV}
-spack add juggler@git.${JUGGLER_VERSION}
 spack add eicrecon@git.${EICRECON_VERSION}
 spack concretize --fresh --force --quiet
 make --jobs ${jobs} --keep-going --directory /opt/spack-environment SPACK_ENV=${SPACK_ENV} BUILDCACHE_MIRROR="local eics3rw"
diff --git a/spack-environment/packages.yaml b/spack-environment/packages.yaml
index 373faed390c55c901d8ffa53f80eea0dfd826dc0..a353650d3bede46384b82e7662e7ea30b9397c97 100644
--- a/spack-environment/packages.yaml
+++ b/spack-environment/packages.yaml
@@ -17,8 +17,8 @@ packages:
     - any_of: [build_type=Release, '@:']
   acts:
     require:
-    - '@21.1.1'
-    - +dd4hep +examples +fatras +geant4 +identification +json +python +tgeo
+    - '@30.3.2'
+    - +binaries +dd4hep +examples +fatras +geant4 +identification +json +python +tgeo
   actsvg:
     require:
     - '@0.4.26'
diff --git a/spack.sh b/spack.sh
index f6488c260ca4b435b3782451894665efb769b8af..0d4bbef4c76c381e6b8eae770014695cf0b5824d 100644
--- a/spack.sh
+++ b/spack.sh
@@ -37,6 +37,15 @@ ef4b35ea6361e83b243b375fc4e2a28cfc25bc8f
 eea743de461feca88fabf8c87e8fe617a368250c
 29835ac3437a7f975f7fdd22fac864b3273ff7d5
 581f45b63908dda8429b63c32047fd5295a95507
+cf031e83f0149cd2c43d04f877dc26cc9d9e7894
+dd747c5c4892fd0c8f6831786c2140198394cc4b
+aa9eb331080a3edeb876dd80552bb59243c69783
+f0658243c06119f6d0bf9bf72b162bb7be129344
+b25f8643ff6f28d9ca0c23d4eb46aadb840683cf
+c9e1e7d90c9880b158e29bf6e721065416d21b90
+537ab481670bad654225f488fb4ec92d25f148a8
+2a797f90b431d33f609dc1d92b2908f5734f4d50
+a9e78dc7d897c146b11a93fd8c0176d0e886f2b4
 ---
 ## Ref: https://github.com/spack/spack/commit/[hash]
 ## [hash]: [description]
@@ -70,3 +79,12 @@ eea743de461feca88fabf8c87e8fe617a368250c
 ## eea743de461feca88fabf8c87e8fe617a368250c: podio: Add py-tabulate as new run and test dependency
 ## 29835ac3437a7f975f7fdd22fac864b3273ff7d5: podio: add 0.16.6 tag and mark older releases as deprecated
 ## 581f45b63908dda8429b63c32047fd5295a95507: podio: Add latest tags and variants and update dependencies accordingly
+## cf031e83f0149cd2c43d04f877dc26cc9d9e7894: compilers/gcc.py: support cxx{20,23}_flag
+## dd747c5c4892fd0c8f6831786c2140198394cc4b: xerces-c: support variant cxxstd=20
+## aa9eb331080a3edeb876dd80552bb59243c69783: boost: support variant cxxstd=20
+## f0658243c06119f6d0bf9bf72b162bb7be129344: clhep: support variant cxxstd=20
+## b25f8643ff6f28d9ca0c23d4eb46aadb840683cf: geant4, vecgeom: support variant cxxstd=20
+## c9e1e7d90c9880b158e29bf6e721065416d21b90: acts: impose cxxstd variant on geant4 dependency
+## 537ab481670bad654225f488fb4ec92d25f148a8: acts: use f-strings
+## 2a797f90b431d33f609dc1d92b2908f5734f4d50: acts: add v28.1.0:30.3.2
+## a9e78dc7d897c146b11a93fd8c0176d0e886f2b4: acts: new variant +binaries when +examples