diff --git a/packages/pynn-brainscales/package.py b/packages/pynn-brainscales/package.py
index f0fd210864d77e4a72a06b5045bbeb5423629f37..bd42fdc988a72060c571e85c78f4aefd920a7752 100644
--- a/packages/pynn-brainscales/package.py
+++ b/packages/pynn-brainscales/package.py
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ class PynnBrainscales(WafPackage):
     #url      = "https://github.com/electronicvisions/pynn-brainscales/archive/v0.1.0.tar.gz"
     git      = "https://github.com/electronicvisions/pynn-brainscales.git"
 
-    version('2.0-rc0', branch='waf')
+    version('2.0-rc1', branch='waf')
     depends_on('meta-brainscales', type=('build', 'link', 'run'))
     extends('python')
 
@@ -65,25 +65,25 @@ class PynnBrainscales(WafPackage):
         """Setup and configure the project."""
 
         self.waf('setup', '--repo-db-url=https://github.com/electronicvisions/projects', '--without-grenade-ppu-support', '--without-munge',
-            '--project=pynn-brainscales@ebrains_release-2-rc0',
-            '--project=haldls@ebrains_release-2-rc0',
-            '--project=grenade@ebrains_release-2-rc0',
-            '--project=code-format@ebrains_release-2-rc0',
-            '--project=logger@ebrains_release-2-rc0',
-            '--project=halco@ebrains_release-2-rc0',
-            '--project=hate@ebrains_release-2-rc0',
-            '--project=fisch@ebrains_release-2-rc0',
-            '--project=ztl@ebrains_release-2-rc0',
-            '--project=hxcomm@ebrains_release-2-rc0',
-            '--project=rant@ebrains_release-2-rc0',
-            '--project=pywrap@ebrains_release-2-rc0',
-            '--project=lib-boost-patches@ebrains_release-2-rc0',
-            '--project=sctrltp@ebrains_release-2-rc0',
-            '--project=hwdb@ebrains_release-2-rc0',
-            '--project=visions-slurm@ebrains_release-2-rc0',
-            '--project=flange@ebrains_release-2-rc0',
-            '--project=lib-rcf@ebrains_release-2-rc0',
-            '--project=bss-hw-params@ebrains_release-2-rc0'
+            '--project=pynn-brainscales@ebrains_release-2-rc1',
+            '--project=haldls@ebrains_release-2-rc1',
+            '--project=grenade@ebrains_release-2-rc1',
+            '--project=code-format@ebrains_release-2-rc1',
+            '--project=logger@ebrains_release-2-rc1',
+            '--project=halco@ebrains_release-2-rc1',
+            '--project=hate@ebrains_release-2-rc1',
+            '--project=fisch@ebrains_release-2-rc1',
+            '--project=ztl@ebrains_release-2-rc1',
+            '--project=hxcomm@ebrains_release-2-rc1',
+            '--project=rant@ebrains_release-2-rc1',
+            '--project=pywrap@ebrains_release-2-rc1',
+            '--project=lib-boost-patches@ebrains_release-2-rc1',
+            '--project=sctrltp@ebrains_release-2-rc1',
+            '--project=hwdb@ebrains_release-2-rc1',
+            '--project=visions-slurm@ebrains_release-2-rc1',
+            '--project=flange@ebrains_release-2-rc1',
+            '--project=lib-rcf@ebrains_release-2-rc1',
+            '--project=bss-hw-params@ebrains_release-2-rc1'
          )
 
         args = ['--prefix={0}'.format(self.prefix)]
diff --git a/spack.yaml b/spack.yaml
index 1ea4989ee9c478e43021f0b634c56582232c90ed..410914263fb15129ed205304daac75bb088c17e3 100644
--- a/spack.yaml
+++ b/spack.yaml
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ spack:
     - py-formencode %gcc@10.3.0
     - tvb-framework ^binutils+ld+gold %gcc@10.3.0
     - meta-brainscales %gcc@10.3.0
-    #- pynn-brainscales@2.0-rc0 ^log4cxx@0.10.0 ^googletest@1.11.0:+gmock %gcc@10.3.0
+    - pynn-brainscales@2.0-rc1 ^log4cxx@0.10.0 ^googletest@1.11.0:+gmock %gcc@10.3.0
     # demo for codejam12
     - funniest1022 %gcc@10.3.0
     # NRP