diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/ucx/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/ucx/package.py
index a50f11cba49..085c1b10dbe 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/ucx/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/ucx/package.py
@@ -160,6 +160,9 @@ def patch(self):
                 "-L$with_rocm/hip/lib -L$with_rocm/lib", "$ROCM_LDFLAGS", "configure", string=True
             )
 
+            if self.spec.satisfies("^hip@6:"):
+                filter_file("HIP_PLATFORM_HCC", "HIP_PLATFORM_AMD", "configure", string=True)
+
     @when("@1.9-dev")
     def autoreconf(self, spec, prefix):
         Executable("./autogen.sh")()