diff --git a/eic-spack.sh b/eic-spack.sh
index 26d20b2915937fe8c13f5479a056687d74fd1a8e..782bd9808c462b8a9d81bce248d5c882ac5e65a5 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="307252ffdba29f806cebf16b88f71c9800c8b185"
+EICSPACK_VERSION="779a52fb88c709711603b127334aa727c7a1d32d"
diff --git a/spack-environment/xl/spack.yaml b/spack-environment/xl/spack.yaml
index 659f7cc271319565cd13c9e574c90d125782c0c0..c2e94a8cd1f2f6a6b973eec764ab84f706a7b448 100644
--- a/spack-environment/xl/spack.yaml
+++ b/spack-environment/xl/spack.yaml
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ spack:
   - epic@24.03.1
   - epic@24.04.0
   - epic@24.05.0
+  - epic@24.05.2
   - fastjet
   - fjcontrib
   - fmt