diff --git a/packages/nest/package.py b/packages/nest/package.py
index 32a6bdcb3065ace02804a395f8e97b4890334ecb..e97b81c84e96693f21df6c14ffbe75d9b436758f 100644
--- a/packages/nest/package.py
+++ b/packages/nest/package.py
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ class Nest(CMakePackage):
     maintainers = ['terhorst']
 
     version('master', branch='master')
+    version('3.8',    sha256='eb255f8828be001abea0cddad2f14d78b70857fc82bece724551f27c698318c8')
     version('3.7',    sha256='b313e03aa05a0d8053b895a1d14ea42e75805393c6daa0cbc62f9398d0dacd8b')
     version('3.6',    sha256='68d6b11791e1284dc94fef35d84c08dd7a11322c0f1e1fc9b39c5e6882284922')
     patch('nest-simulator-3.6-p1-CxxRealPath.patch', when='@3.2:')
diff --git a/spack.yaml b/spack.yaml
index 12f16a1bc00697197d93e93952529172be43d1bb..5a1ff1f16161daf121863332a80c01fa82ec20d3 100644
--- a/spack.yaml
+++ b/spack.yaml
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ spack:
     - biobb-structure-checking@3.12.1
     - biobb-structure-utils@4.0.0
     - hxtorch@8.0-a5
-    - nest@3.7 +sonata
+    - nest@3.8 +sonata
     - neuron@8.2.3 +mpi
     - jaxsnn@8.0-a5
     - py-bluepyefe@2.2.18