diff --git a/packages/nest/package.py b/packages/nest/package.py
index b5b65dfd3a5e01f17437f315686fc23afd68079f..333cf7842ea77dfb324a2c0d77d371066b44c582 100644
--- a/packages/nest/package.py
+++ b/packages/nest/package.py
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ class Nest(CMakePackage):
     git      = "https://github.com/nest/nest-simulator.git"
 
     version('master', branch='master')
+    version('3.3',    sha256='179462b966cc61f5785d2fee770bc36f86745598ace9cd97dd620622b62043ed')
     version('3.2',    sha256='583d5725882ad5e8fd4fc7ffab425da97cbbb91fadbc327e940c184e8892b958')
     patch('nest-simulator-3.2-p1-VersionNumber.patch', when='@3.2')
     version('3.1',    sha256='5c11dd6b451c4c6bf93037bf29d5231c6c75a0e1a8863344f6fb9bb225f279ca')
diff --git a/spack.yaml b/spack.yaml
index 8ba0006ecfc25fb887e25f98c4ec4a0f56a850e1..4e9673146608a025e3eeae6914bbfead261a8055 100644
--- a/spack.yaml
+++ b/spack.yaml
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ spack:
     - py-nameparser
     #- py-version-query
     # EBRAINS simulators
-    - nest@3.2 +python +gsl +mpi
+    - nest@3.3 +python +gsl +mpi
     - arbor +python +mpi ^python@3:3.9
     - neuron +mpi
     - py-pynn@0.9.6