diff --git a/containers/jug/dev.Dockerfile b/containers/jug/dev.Dockerfile
index 8a791318f1f827e9118fa4cefab55e1c2d5c609b..4c57f4a6c46aa40156bd64d056c1690ebd9427dd 100644
--- a/containers/jug/dev.Dockerfile
+++ b/containers/jug/dev.Dockerfile
@@ -158,11 +158,11 @@ spack buildcache update-index eics3rw
 spack env activate --dir ${SPACK_ENV}
 if [ -n ${JUGGLER_VERSION} ] ; then
   export JUGGLER_VERSION=$(jq -r .sha /tmp/juggler.json)
-  spack rm juggler && spack add juggler@git.${JUGGLER_VERSION}
+  spack config add "packages:juggler:require:['@git.${JUGGLER_VERSION}']"
 fi
 if [ -n ${EICRECON_VERSION} ] ; then
   export EICRECON_VERSION=$(jq -r .sha /tmp/eicrecon.json)
-  spack rm eicrecon && spack add eicrecon@git.${EICRECON_VERSION}
+  spack config add "packages:eicrecon:require:['@git.${EICRECON_VERSION}']"
 fi
 spack concretize --fresh --force --quiet
 make --jobs ${jobs} --keep-going --directory /opt/spack-environment SPACK_ENV=${SPACK_ENV} BUILDCACHE_MIRROR_ONLY_PACKAGE="eics3rw" BUILDCACHE_MIRROR_DEPENDENCIES="eicweb ghcr"