diff --git a/eic-spack.sh b/eic-spack.sh
index 7d25586b545ffe0f44b16a58049753bd77f7ce39..8b0b669e4654294fdf1c7ffd1188e5b2da646f10 100644
--- a/eic-spack.sh
+++ b/eic-spack.sh
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ EICSPACK_ORGREPO="eic/eic-spack"
 
 ## EIC spack github version, e.g. v0.19.7 or commit hash
 ## note: nightly builds will use e.g. releases/v0.19
-EICSPACK_VERSION="dd4hep-pr-1142"
+EICSPACK_VERSION="backport-498-to-releases/v0.20"
 
 ## Space-separated list of eic-spack cherry-picks
 read -r -d '' EICSPACK_CHERRYPICKS <<- \