diff --git a/packages/py-lfpykit/package.py b/packages/py-lfpykit/package.py
index 36963978a9b558c8044db997b433592617fdfd70..fbf9a5cd61bf151afa5694cef13707f946ecd85f 100644
--- a/packages/py-lfpykit/package.py
+++ b/packages/py-lfpykit/package.py
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ class PyLfpykit(PythonPackage):
 
     version('0.4', sha256='ce92f5a987535ee72a76644bac90393eaa669d952f493dc388f3deb1c36f474d')
     version('0.5', sha256='9a7ae80ad905bb8dd0eeab8517b43c3d5b4fff2b8766c9d5a36320a7a67bd545')
+    version('0.5.1', sha256='a962029460c8173c4fec3923204e04d64c370b05740b64c2d07efbe29cbe63a6')
 
     depends_on('python@3.8:', type=('build', 'run'))
     depends_on('py-pip', type='build')
diff --git a/spack.yaml b/spack.yaml
index 7ef83b743d77fc05c6f2ea3eb2d941d314ca093d..b72573369b7586236aaedfd4e06eff2ff551445b 100644
--- a/spack.yaml
+++ b/spack.yaml
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ spack:
     - py-hbp-validation-client@0.8.2
     - py-hippounit@1.3.6
     - py-lfpy@2.3
-    - py-lfpykit@0.5
+    - py-lfpykit@0.5.1
     - py-libsonata@0.1.22
     - py-neo@0.12.0
     - py-nestml@5.2.0