diff --git a/packages.yaml b/packages.yaml
index 96017412328b57843eb222ac1d8db60a51b2086e..1dd5e099c40089e3fe392b8c10520693e83dc82b 100644
--- a/packages.yaml
+++ b/packages.yaml
@@ -4,3 +4,6 @@ packages:
         compiler: [gcc@10.3.0]
     python:
         version: [3.8.11]
+    py-torch:
+        version: [1.11.0]
+        variants: [~cuda~rocm~valgrind~mkldnn~mpi~gloo+tensorpipe~onnx_ml]
diff --git a/spack.yaml b/spack.yaml
index 6b8b2943abfbc5f0c95827f103fb33a381f5fa39..37d8d2ca0bcb85843dfaf9c1d9313ccb67407c50 100644
--- a/spack.yaml
+++ b/spack.yaml
@@ -55,7 +55,6 @@ spack:
     - py-hippounit@1.3.6
     - py-efel@4.0.4
     - py-hbp-neuromorphic-platform@0.10.1
-    - py-torch~cuda~rocm~valgrind~mkldnn~mpi~gloo+tensorpipe~onnx_ml@1.11.0:^protobuf@:3.17.999
     - py-lfpy@2.3
     - py-elephant
     - py-frites