diff --git a/repos/spack_repo/builtin/packages/edm4hep/package.py b/repos/spack_repo/builtin/packages/edm4hep/package.py
index 056cc92b46f..907f72acbe6 100644
--- a/repos/spack_repo/builtin/packages/edm4hep/package.py
+++ b/repos/spack_repo/builtin/packages/edm4hep/package.py
@@ -62,6 +62,7 @@ class Edm4hep(CMakePackage):
     depends_on("podio@0.15:", when="@:0.10.5")
     depends_on("podio@:1.1", when="@:0.99.0")
     depends_on("podio@1.3:", when="@0.99.2:")
+    depends_on("podio@:1.6", when="@:0.99.4")
     for _std in _cxxstd_values:
         for _v in _std:
             depends_on(f"podio cxxstd={_v.value}", when=f"cxxstd={_v.value}")
diff --git a/repos/spack_repo/builtin/packages/podio/package.py b/repos/spack_repo/builtin/packages/podio/package.py
index dd11b7323ae..da6a55f7986 100644
--- a/repos/spack_repo/builtin/packages/podio/package.py
+++ b/repos/spack_repo/builtin/packages/podio/package.py
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ class Podio(CMakePackage):
     tags = ["hep", "key4hep"]
 
     version("master", branch="master")
+    version("1.7", sha256="4a62ed2fdd9cebb5fc1799ea17237979b2d435797f1201fa8031fd99e9e47c15")
     version("1.6", sha256="4a625419bcf9d10b33b9fcf6cacbbebfd24c62e88a9980c5735b011d671397fe")
     version("1.5", sha256="3d316a86420a1e79088488f229bb8d1259244cf17752c40f817abeec2cec89a5")
     version("1.4.1", sha256="d70dad214ac683e76c6e1093804c0f1ec4e7133a704173e2f1777a1279eb1535")