diff --git a/.ci/Jenkinsfile_asic b/.ci/Jenkinsfile_asic
index 6b97c6f8dffe8b3c08ab8c1997ab29195ce0814f..0169ae8bf77e166e7d07e912b1f3ab3838117dff 100755
--- a/.ci/Jenkinsfile_asic
+++ b/.ci/Jenkinsfile_asic
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ pipeline {
 				DOCKER_BASE_IMAGE = "centos:7"
 				// versions from system packages
 				DEPENDENCY_PYTHON = "python@2.7.5"
-				DEPENDENCY_PYTHON3 = "python@3.6.8"
+				DEPENDENCY_PYTHON3 = "python@3.8.3"
 				YASHCHIKI_IMAGE_NAME = "singularity_asic_temp.img"
 				YASHCHIKI_SANDBOXES = "sandboxes"
 				YASHCHIKI_PROXY_HTTP = "http://proxy.kip.uni-heidelberg.de:8080"
diff --git a/.ci/asic_create_recipe.sh b/.ci/asic_create_recipe.sh
index 665907f515972a503fa7ab660f76259b5bec6a66..730cf04a90a1ffdd2c275fa4d72437ac84e67a68 100755
--- a/.ci/asic_create_recipe.sh
+++ b/.ci/asic_create_recipe.sh
@@ -202,6 +202,9 @@ From: ${DOCKER_BASE_IMAGE}
     # YS: teststand dependencies (no python in spack yet)
     /opt/conda/bin/conda install -y numpy matplotlib
 
+    # PS: needed for notebook package below
+    /opt/conda/bin/conda install -c conda-forge -y importlib_metadata
+
     # PD: jupyter notebook and ipython for more comfort
     /opt/conda/bin/conda install -c conda-forge -y notebook
     /opt/conda/bin/conda install -c conda-forge -y nb_conda_kernels
diff --git a/.ci/asic_spack_collection.sh b/.ci/asic_spack_collection.sh
index be74a8e247781303027c96d54708e2f6f7121b10..1d1219ef02f7cf15164cfa399f3c6ace758df6b1 100644
--- a/.ci/asic_spack_collection.sh
+++ b/.ci/asic_spack_collection.sh
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # All spack packages that should be fetched/installed in the container
 spack_packages=(
 #    "${SPEC_VIEW_VISIONARY_DEV_TOOLS}" # FIXME
-    "visionary-asic ^${DEPENDENCY_PYTHON} %${YASHCHIKI_SPACK_GCC}"
+    "visionary-asic ^${DEPENDENCY_PYTHON3} %${YASHCHIKI_SPACK_GCC}"
 )
 
 spack_views=(\