diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 2d935b822e75a3eb8b868610ca518254a10b8d92..e0e208e274520baad20cbe62922797db2d019725 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ variables:
   ## 5bd44a795c76a61f0f9fbfeedcf7e917a0bf40b0: lcio, podio, edm4hep: add latest versions
 
   ## Spack github version, e.g. v0.18 or commit hash
-  EICSPACK_VERSION: "v0.18"
+  EICSPACK_VERSION: "v0.18.0"
   ## Space-separated list of eic=spack cherry-picks
   EICSPACK_CHERRYPICKS: ""