diff --git a/eic-spack.sh b/eic-spack.sh
index 412e9485..0bae9979 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="2ac6537435128a2dae054ab14a0bbf23f4fb0fb1"
+EICSPACK_VERSION="f4236f3c2edd6bfc8e0d6dfcdf3e0d0ac6dc5b0b"
diff --git a/spack-environment/packages.yaml b/spack-environment/packages.yaml
index 5db76af9..97761101 100644
--- a/spack-environment/packages.yaml
+++ b/spack-environment/packages.yaml
@@ -223,11 +223,11 @@ packages:
     - '@0.23'
   jana2:
     require:
-    - '@2.4.2'
+    - '@2.4.3'
     - -ipo +podio +root +zmq
   juggler:
     require:
-    - '@15.0.2' # JUGGLER_VERSION
+    - '@15.0.3' # JUGGLER_VERSION
     - cxxstd=20
   julia:
     require:
@@ -316,7 +316,7 @@ packages:
     - '@1.0.0'
   podio:
     require:
-    - '@1.3'
+    - '@1.6'
     - cxxstd=20
     - +rntuple
     package_attributes:
diff --git a/spack-packages.sh b/spack-packages.sh
index 78622020..4bc4c538 100644
--- a/spack-packages.sh
+++ b/spack-packages.sh
@@ -46,12 +46,20 @@ c4d983b764d7b1ee2b63da79f5f25365ac61ce7a
 5c37f836753e8f9683fdc547f3661c5045abcbd1
 c75e10845431600b163c597545bd099e427c62f5
 438a7d95de1b81e15107edbf341b20824ec80635
+c71f8e48245012565ac7b0648dfda137b0071de7
+4ef82e75f5cae7b4d093e41043e26b259498264e
+8d027b1651840631350d0ba9f30624f2baf26350
+566e1b070e17ffe8c2d0bf4122568af8a81db1cd
+048bffaea064919ccfc2f740e14bbb987e7f5c7e
+6b57d7a93de84dd5492b9308a9612924ab641dce
+ba94c07db577eaf5eb4b0450721fbc7e98879922
 ---
 ## Optional hash table with comma-separated file list
 read -r -d '' SPACKPACKAGES_CHERRYPICKS_FILES <<- \
 --- || true
 [b063312bb52fb62010e04588f6b16d37e16c8d02]=repos/spack_repo/builtin/packages/py_tensorflow/package.py
 [7fad8a78d35b5556e1d7aa92a71a4e1c58a1665a]=repos/spack_repo/builtin/packages/py_tensorflow/package.py,repos/spack_repo/builtin/packages/py_tensorboard/package.py
+[4ef82e75f5cae7b4d093e41043e26b259498264e]=repos/spack_repo/builtin/packages/podio/package.py
 ---
 ## Ref: https://github.com/spack/spack-packages/commit/[hash]
 ## [hash]: [description]
@@ -93,3 +101,10 @@ read -r -d '' SPACKPACKAGES_CHERRYPICKS_FILES <<- \
 ## 5c37f836753e8f9683fdc547f3661c5045abcbd1: root: require openblas ~ilp64 symbol_suffix=none when ^openblas
 ## c75e10845431600b163c597545bd099e427c62f5: dd4hep: v1.33
 ## 438a7d95de1b81e15107edbf341b20824ec80635: root: add v6.36.06
+## c71f8e48245012565ac7b0648dfda137b0071de7: podio: Add latest tag 1.4 and 1.4.1
+## 4ef82e75f5cae7b4d093e41043e26b259498264e: Deprecation removals: P
+## 8d027b1651840631350d0ba9f30624f2baf26350: podio: Add version 1.5
+## 566e1b070e17ffe8c2d0bf4122568af8a81db1cd: podio: add v1.6
+## 048bffaea064919ccfc2f740e14bbb987e7f5c7e: podio: Add the conditional value 23 for cxxstd
+## 6b57d7a93de84dd5492b9308a9612924ab641dce: podio: ensure Python.h is found in ROOT ACLiC
+## ba94c07db577eaf5eb4b0450721fbc7e98879922: podio: use headers.directories[0] to get str, not list