diff --git a/packages/nest/package.py b/packages/nest/package.py
index 3f571164da86fe7c344afb81e96af35b4cee649f..6cf3ccb381289c5f27356e74a1ff95cf52893701 100644
--- a/packages/nest/package.py
+++ b/packages/nest/package.py
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ class Nest(CMakePackage):
     maintainers = ['terhorst']
 
     version('master', branch='master')
-    version('3.6-rc2',sha256='8508a9590ad49e6657809d1acfd02aa612b70fa8e5e7791a2ea261d891f181f7')
+    version('3.6',    sha256='68d6b11791e1284dc94fef35d84c08dd7a11322c0f1e1fc9b39c5e6882284922')
     version('3.5',    sha256='3cdf5720854a4d8a7d359f9de9d2fb3619a0be2e36932028d6940360741547bd')
     version('3.4',    sha256='c56699111f899045ba48e55e87d14eca8763b48ebbb3648beee701a36aa3af20')
     version('3.3',    sha256='179462b966cc61f5785d2fee770bc36f86745598ace9cd97dd620622b62043ed')
diff --git a/spack.yaml b/spack.yaml
index 835600464099cc3f71383d07029c4c4414fc4c4a..83ebbaa3e0e1fc4ccf9bd904a0aebfb579d9c55d 100644
--- a/spack.yaml
+++ b/spack.yaml
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ spack:
     - biobb-structure-checking@3.12.1
     - biobb-structure-utils@4.0.0
     - hxtorch@7.0-rc1
-    - nest@3.6-rc2 +sonata
+    - nest@3.6 +sonata
     - neuron@8.2.3 +mpi
     - py-bluepyefe@2.2.18
     - py-bluepymm@0.7.65