diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/vecgeom/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/vecgeom/package.py
index 34695cf6b43..d48585ad13e 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/vecgeom/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/vecgeom/package.py
@@ -21,6 +21,11 @@ class Vecgeom(CMakePackage, CudaPackage):
     maintainers("drbenmorgan", "sethrj")
 
     version("master", branch="master")
+    version(
+        "1.2.9",
+        url="https://gitlab.cern.ch/-/project/981/uploads/55a89cafbf48a418bec68be42867d4bf/VecGeom-v1.2.9.tar.gz",
+        sha256="93ee9ce6f7b2d704e9b9db22fad68f81b8eaf17453452969fc47e93dba4bfaf4",
+    )
     version(
         "1.2.8",
         url="https://gitlab.cern.ch/VecGeom/VecGeom/uploads/db11697eb81d6f369e9ded1078de946b/VecGeom-v1.2.8.tar.gz",