diff --git a/ci/docker/build_deps_spack.Dockerfile b/ci/docker/build_deps_spack.Dockerfile
index d76704556e..5a34a1aba1 100644
--- a/ci/docker/build_deps_spack.Dockerfile
+++ b/ci/docker/build_deps_spack.Dockerfile
@@ -91,6 +91,7 @@ ENV CP2K_VERSION=${CP2K_VERSION:-ssmp}
 ARG CP2K_BUILD_TYPE
 ENV CP2K_BUILD_TYPE=${CP2K_BUILD_TYPE:-minimal}
 COPY ./tools/spack/cp2k_deps_${CP2K_BUILD_TYPE}_${CP2K_VERSION}.yaml ./
+RUN sed -e "s/~xpmem/+xpmem/" cp2k_deps_${CP2K_BUILD_TYPE}_${CP2K_VERSION}.yaml
 COPY ./tools/spack/cp2k_dev_repo ${SPACK_PACKAGES_ROOT}/repos/spack_repo/cp2k_dev_repo/
 RUN spack repo add --scope site ${SPACK_PACKAGES_ROOT}/repos/spack_repo/cp2k_dev_repo/
 RUN spack env create myenv cp2k_deps_${CP2K_BUILD_TYPE}_${CP2K_VERSION}.yaml && \
diff --git a/tools/spack/cp2k_deps_all_psmp.yaml b/tools/spack/cp2k_deps_all_psmp.yaml
index 6e1aaac001..4c9b86c6bb 100644
--- a/tools/spack/cp2k_deps_all_psmp.yaml
+++ b/tools/spack/cp2k_deps_all_psmp.yaml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ spack:
         - mpich
     mpich:
       require:
-        - +xpmem
+        - ~xpmem
     xpmem:
       buildable: false
       externals:
diff --git a/tools/spack/cp2k_deps_minimal_psmp.yaml b/tools/spack/cp2k_deps_minimal_psmp.yaml
index 4f5a8a2790..28412ee8f9 100644
--- a/tools/spack/cp2k_deps_minimal_psmp.yaml
+++ b/tools/spack/cp2k_deps_minimal_psmp.yaml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ spack:
         - mpich
     mpich:
       require:
-        - +xpmem
+        - ~xpmem
     xpmem:
       buildable: false
       externals: