diff --git a/ci/common-ci.yml b/ci/common-ci.yml
index a45101eff3..e2e033b054 100644
--- a/ci/common-ci.yml
+++ b/ci/common-ci.yml
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ stages:
     reports:
       dotenv: build.env
   variables:
-    SPACK_SHA: 0905edf592752742eb4ddab3a528d3aee8f92930
+    SPACK_SHA: develop-2024-09-15
     SPACK_DLAF_REPO: ./spack
     DOCKER_BUILD_ARGS: '[
         "BASE_IMAGE",
diff --git a/ci/docker/release-cpu.yaml b/ci/docker/release-cpu.yaml
index c15f4fc43b..68b33158f0 100644
--- a/ci/docker/release-cpu.yaml
+++ b/ci/docker/release-cpu.yaml
@@ -24,3 +24,6 @@ spack:
     all:
       variants:
         - 'build_type=Release'
+    pika:
+      require:
+        - '@git.fake-0.29.0=0.29.0'