diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/gromacs/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/gromacs/package.py
index bea14550ade..0c1f000a7c3 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/gromacs/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/gromacs/package.py
@@ -163,7 +163,7 @@ class Gromacs(CMakePackage, CudaPackage):
         "sve",
         default=True,
         description="Enable SVE on aarch64 if available",
-        when="target=neoverse_v1",
+        when="target=neoverse_v1:,neoverse_v2:",
     )
     variant(
         "sve", default=True, description="Enable SVE on aarch64 if available", when="target=a64fx"