diff --git a/packages/nest/package.py b/packages/nest/package.py
index 67a7125ec7eeb712087b816ce6abdebdea0e4dd9..324ccc0cf2d6454ed606b5c11df585b2b3fd3d33 100644
--- a/packages/nest/package.py
+++ b/packages/nest/package.py
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ class Nest(CMakePackage):
     git      = "https://github.com/nest/nest-simulator.git"
 
     version('master', branch='master')
-    version('3.5_rc1',sha256='0ccc520ff642be4a30c0606150a397e6137362a2acf76ea03a8ee2aa48803a3e')
+    version('3.5',    sha256='4504ff7f9cfa051c91a5e85a0761bdd09d23aeeadac22c45f6be18b7fbe2db43')
     version('3.4',    sha256='c56699111f899045ba48e55e87d14eca8763b48ebbb3648beee701a36aa3af20')
     version('3.3',    sha256='179462b966cc61f5785d2fee770bc36f86745598ace9cd97dd620622b62043ed')
     version('3.2',    sha256='583d5725882ad5e8fd4fc7ffab425da97cbbb91fadbc327e940c184e8892b958')
diff --git a/spack.yaml b/spack.yaml
index 7f151d000ee2ce19f748a932fde77c9a3153913d..647a458b878431fe95609b1cb27f2627d811c6dc 100644
--- a/spack.yaml
+++ b/spack.yaml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ spack:
     - biobb-structure-checking@3.12.1
     - biobb-structure-utils@4.0.0
     - hxtorch@6.0-a1
-    - nest@3.5_rc1 +sonata
+    - nest@3.5 +sonata
     - neuron@8.2.2 +mpi
     - nglview@3.0.4
     - py-bluepyefe@2.2.18