diff --git a/spack-environment/packages.yaml b/spack-environment/packages.yaml
index 76c21ee6..7b1f2e01 100644
--- a/spack-environment/packages.yaml
+++ b/spack-environment/packages.yaml
@@ -442,9 +442,9 @@ packages:
     - '@1.0.0'
   podio:
     require:
-    - '@1.7'
+    - '@1.8'
     - cxxstd=20
-    - +datasource +rntuple
+    - +arrow +datasource +parquet +rntuple
     package_attributes:
       run_tests: true
   prmon:
diff --git a/spack-packages.sh b/spack-packages.sh
index 9d4ac0d5..1ded817d 100644
--- a/spack-packages.sh
+++ b/spack-packages.sh
@@ -38,6 +38,12 @@ b7819dfb21e2716761e0a99bc93a851eef0e6343
 0e793b360b1383044923a19146f7d977f3107a41
 4c53d69e7e02fb346500b6269e43a26d1010d0f7
 ded706e8eb08bae4ac1cd4618c594bee4040a00e
+c44cd71db91d6e6c68cb604dcb87311b49b1bedb
+33d01efa54ffc5b211cd5abc2df74841c032a722
+7e581611d81312d2a4228ad5d0b67bdd93217915
+683c5a698d88d657a99f3adefee0fe98d30927ae
+409826414a2221be56011f8f0f912905dae558cd
+63b8b9c3ac8ddcb2b9aafcd8160ff33bd6210f51
 ---
 ## Optional hash table with comma-separated file list
 ## For these commits, the cherry-pick will be restricted to the listed files only.
@@ -73,3 +79,9 @@ read -r -d '' SPACKPACKAGES_CHERRYPICKS_FILES <<- \
 ## 0e793b360b1383044923a19146f7d977f3107a41: pandora*: Update PandoraPFA repository URLs
 ## 4c53d69e7e02fb346500b6269e43a26d1010d0f7: pandora*: add v5.*
 ## ded706e8eb08bae4ac1cd4618c594bee4040a00e: acts: pass root variant to examples
+## c44cd71db91d6e6c68cb604dcb87311b49b1bedb: podio: add a patch to be able to build with fmt 12
+## 33d01efa54ffc5b211cd5abc2df74841c032a722: podio: add arrow variant
+## 7e581611d81312d2a4228ad5d0b67bdd93217915: podio,sio: url_for_version for main version
+## 683c5a698d88d657a99f3adefee0fe98d30927ae: dd4hep: url_for_version for master version
+## 409826414a2221be56011f8f0f912905dae558cd: podio: Add version 1.8 and new parquet variant
+## 63b8b9c3ac8ddcb2b9aafcd8160ff33bd6210f51: edm4hep: patch for new podio arrow targets