diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 94263f96583f35405d387a0ba59bbae53c4045ec..57891a136fa8ce280595d183ccffe3275681e13e 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -3,17 +3,18 @@ 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: "v9.1.0"
+  JUGGLER_VERSION: "v9.2.0"
 
   ## Spack organization and repository, e.g. spack/spack
   SPACK_ORGREPO: "spack/spack"
   ## Spack github version, e.g. v0.18.1 or commit hash
   SPACK_VERSION: "v0.19.0"
   ## Space-separated list of spack cherry-picks
-  SPACK_CHERRYPICKS: "b5ef5c2eb5145020f9de1bcb964626ce6ac2d02e"
+  SPACK_CHERRYPICKS: "b5ef5c2eb5145020f9de1bcb964626ce6ac2d02e 99056e03bd3e903b222e300636ec484d85d4b3fb"
   ## Ref: https://github.com/spack/spack/commit/[hash]
   ## [hash]: [description]
   ## b5ef5c2eb5145020f9de1bcb964626ce6ac2d02e: geant4: version bumps for Geant4 11.1.0
+  ## 99056e03bd3e903b222e300636ec484d85d4b3fb: acts: new versions 19.11.0, 21.0.0, 21.1.0
 
   ## EIC spack organization and repository, e.g. eic/eic-spack
   EICSPACK_ORGREPO: "eic/eic-spack"
diff --git a/spack.yaml b/spack.yaml
index 8c3c012a0f27ce2bc8ab1e492bcf69d5329127f7..c45b12bdf36522e732f4a2b317217d32c303bd9b 100644
--- a/spack.yaml
+++ b/spack.yaml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 spack:
   specs:
-    - acts@20.3.0 +dd4hep +identification +json +tgeo +ipo +examples +fatras +geant4 +python
+    - acts@21.1.0 +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