diff --git a/packages/py-nestml/package.py b/packages/py-nestml/package.py
index 91c71307eb57577f63fab1fcb4b185690ac9da38..f071ca2228111fbaafe3cdaee42b79687b4d32ff 100644
--- a/packages/py-nestml/package.py
+++ b/packages/py-nestml/package.py
@@ -13,11 +13,12 @@ class PyNestml(PythonPackage):
     """
 
     homepage = 'https://nestml.readthedocs.org/'
-    url      = 'https://pypi.org/packages/py3/N/NESTML/NESTML-7.0.0-py3-none-any.whl'
+    url      = 'https://pypi.org/packages/py3/N/NESTML/NESTML-7.0.1rc1-py3-none-any.whl'
     git      = 'https://github.com/nest/nestml/'
 
     maintainers = ['clinssen', 'pnbabu', 'jougs']
 
+    version('7.0.1rc1', sha256='80a0d66b747424a1f8ee88496c8bb3954db20be570d0dc2d58988b63794a6491', expand=False)
     version('7.0.0', sha256='4e271048b4a9ad2c161dda98d3ee25e143537649a264d521deb0ff5543020d73', expand=False)
     version('6.0.0', sha256='224993f175b9599a3662e65afdaf57e355246c0eab5f88b795fdb089ea28b39e', expand=False)
     version('5.3.0', sha256='8de543d7d3a166cd4d6a0d536a2d4e769513bbf8d7aeaf64458e9d9c21fe546e', expand=False)
diff --git a/spack.yaml b/spack.yaml
index 9fc9e2c3f6737948b11f1ce1e7bfa127eb2be5f5..39a3d007dd255b63b74e23aa928cf70973b118d3 100644
--- a/spack.yaml
+++ b/spack.yaml
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ spack:
     - py-libneuroml@0.4.1
     - py-libsonata@0.1.23
     - py-neo@0.12.0
-    - py-nestml@7.0.0
+    - py-nestml@7.0.1rc1
     - py-netpyne@1.0.5
     - py-neurom@3.2.2
     - py-neuror@1.6.4