diff --git a/packages/py-version-query/package.py b/packages/py-version-query/package.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..483ffbf86c7149c462e5a88e576725702eae6be1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/py-version-query/package.py
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+# Copyright 2013-2021 Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC and other
+# Spack Project Developers. See the top-level COPYRIGHT file for details.
+#
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: (Apache-2.0 OR MIT)
+
+from spack import *
+
+
+class PyVersionQuery(PythonPackage):
+    """Package version query toolkit for Python
+    """
+
+    homepage = "https://github.com/mbdevpl/version-query"
+    pypi     = "ebrains-drive/ebrains-drive-0.4.0.tar.gz"
+    git      = "https://github.com/mbdevpl/version-query.git"
+
+    version('1.1.0', sha256='9ebcef801b29a36b9f53ee47acf783e62036251f8b45a9d2c9ecfcc7728dc11c')
+
+    depends_on('python@3.6.9:')
+    depends_on('py-gitpython@3.1.24:',      type=('build', 'run'))
+    depends_on('py-typing@3.7.4.3:',        type=('build', 'run'))
+    depends_on('py-packaging@21.3:',        type=('build', 'run'))
+    depends_on('py-semver@2.8.1:',          type=('build', 'run'))
+    depends_on('py-pathlib@1.0.1:',         type=('build', 'run'))
+    depends_on('py-semver@2.8.1:',          type=('build', 'run'))
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/spack.yaml b/spack.yaml
index 4dd126d352b31eb4ff24555ee4b8975b4f3c40b5..06a69d49684c7cf46c6913d8ff4cafd267a5f896 100644
--- a/spack.yaml
+++ b/spack.yaml
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ spack:
     - py-seaborn %gcc@10.3.0
     - py-matplotlib %gcc@10.3.0
     - py-nameparser %gcc@10.3.0
+    - py-version-query %gcc@10.3.0
     # EBRAINS simulators
     - nest@3.2 +python +gsl +mpi %gcc@10.3.0
     - arbor +python +mpi ^python@3:3.9 %gcc@10.3.0
@@ -43,7 +44,7 @@ spack:
     - py-hippounit@1.3.6 %gcc@10.3.0
     - py-efel@4.0.4 %gcc@10.3.0   
     - py-hbp-neuromorphic-platform@0.9.2 %gcc@10.3.0
-    - py-torch~onnx_ml~rocm~tensorpipe~mpi~distributed ^protobuf@:3.17.999 %gcc@10.3.0
+    #- py-torch~onnx_ml~rocm~tensorpipe~mpi~distributed ^protobuf@:3.17.999 %gcc@10.3.0
     #- py-lfpy@2.2.3 %gcc@10.3.0
     #- biobb-common %gcc@10.3.0
     # demo for codejam12