diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/acts/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/acts/package.py
index 735b4b8736f..d4f79be031c 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/acts/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/acts/package.py
@@ -353,7 +353,9 @@ class Acts(CMakePackage, CudaPackage):
     depends_on("nlohmann-json @3.9.1:", when="@0.14: +json")
     depends_on("podio @0.6:", when="@25: +edm4hep")
     depends_on("podio @0.16:", when="@30.3: +edm4hep")
+    depends_on("podio @:0", when="@:35 +edm4hep")
     depends_on("podio @0.16:", when="+podio")
+    depends_on("podio @:0", when="@:35 +podio")
     depends_on("pythia8", when="+pythia8")
     depends_on("python", when="+python")
     depends_on("python@3.8:", when="+python @19.11:19")
diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/dd4hep/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/dd4hep/package.py
index c6c45d9cfc8..e7deeba0d95 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/dd4hep/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/dd4hep/package.py
@@ -123,6 +123,7 @@ class Dd4hep(CMakePackage):
     depends_on("podio@:0.16.03", when="@:1.23 +edm4hep")
     depends_on("podio@0.16:", when="@1.24: +edm4hep")
     depends_on("podio@0.16.3:", when="@1.26: +edm4hep")
+    depends_on("podio@:0", when="@:1.29 +edm4hep")
     depends_on("py-pytest", type=("build", "test"))
 
     # See https://github.com/AIDASoft/DD4hep/pull/771 and https://github.com/AIDASoft/DD4hep/pull/876