diff --git a/recipes/netcdf-tools/2024/arm64/compilers.yaml b/recipes/netcdf-tools/2024/arm64/compilers.yaml
index 199f37ca..8209f0c2 100644
--- a/recipes/netcdf-tools/2024/arm64/compilers.yaml
+++ b/recipes/netcdf-tools/2024/arm64/compilers.yaml
@@ -2,4 +2,4 @@ bootstrap:
   spec: gcc@12.3
 gcc:
   specs:
-  - gcc@12.3
+  - gcc@13.2
diff --git a/recipes/netcdf-tools/2024/arm64/config.yaml b/recipes/netcdf-tools/2024/arm64/config.yaml
index 10e6f6c9..ba17f330 100644
--- a/recipes/netcdf-tools/2024/arm64/config.yaml
+++ b/recipes/netcdf-tools/2024/arm64/config.yaml
@@ -3,4 +3,4 @@ store: /user-environment
 description: utilities used for climate/weather analysis and file manipulation
 spack:
   repo: https://github.com/spack/spack.git
-  commit: releases/v0.21
+  commit: releases/v0.22
diff --git a/recipes/netcdf-tools/2024/arm64/environments.yaml b/recipes/netcdf-tools/2024/arm64/environments.yaml
index 28d24d97..e6c5f2a3 100644
--- a/recipes/netcdf-tools/2024/arm64/environments.yaml
+++ b/recipes/netcdf-tools/2024/arm64/environments.yaml
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 gcc-env:
   compiler:
       - toolchain: gcc
-        spec: gcc@12
+        spec: gcc
   mpi:
-      spec: cray-mpich
+      spec: cray-mpich@8.1.30
       gpu: false
   unify: true
   specs:
@@ -14,10 +14,15 @@ gcc-env:
   - ncview
   - cdo
   - nco
+  - python@3.12
   #- ferret
   views:
     default:
       link: roots
+      uenv:
+        add_compilers: true
+        prefix_paths:
+          LD_LIBRARY_PATH: [lib, lib64]
   packages:
   - git
   - perl