diff --git a/toolchains/foss2021a-cuda-mpi/spack.yaml b/toolchains/foss2021a-cuda-mpi/spack.yaml
index 5b46bca1f3022bedb72349fb9e8fa942bef95b3d..9cb7b04e78d02c71090b79d4e91e2468bec4bebe 100644
--- a/toolchains/foss2021a-cuda-mpi/spack.yaml
+++ b/toolchains/foss2021a-cuda-mpi/spack.yaml
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ spack:
     - pnfft@1.0.7-alpha
     - cgal@5.0.3  # 5.2
     - hdf5@1.12.2+mpi
+    - netcdf-fortran@4.6.0 ^netcdf-c+mpi
     # - openblas@0.3.15
     # - etsf-io@1.0.4
     # - libpspio@0.2.4  # missing in spack
diff --git a/toolchains/foss2021a-mpi/spack.yaml b/toolchains/foss2021a-mpi/spack.yaml
index 622235c5cc18de310559f237206eab0d3f34ecc4..915470c520b5a929f6236bbe9e19134692762378 100644
--- a/toolchains/foss2021a-mpi/spack.yaml
+++ b/toolchains/foss2021a-mpi/spack.yaml
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ spack:
     - pnfft@1.0.7-alpha
     - cgal@5.0.3  # 5.2
     - hdf5@1.12.2+mpi
+    - netcdf-fortran@4.6.0 ^netcdf-c+mpi
     # - openblas@0.3.15
     # - etsf-io@1.0.4
     # - libpspio@0.2.4  # missing in spack
diff --git a/toolchains/foss2022a-cuda-mpi/spack.yaml b/toolchains/foss2022a-cuda-mpi/spack.yaml
index 6422887879dd7956da7fa425dac2df32e3dc04f8..5f38c4e3a6818ae2f1a52cdaebd89afdce86e1c9 100644
--- a/toolchains/foss2022a-cuda-mpi/spack.yaml
+++ b/toolchains/foss2022a-cuda-mpi/spack.yaml
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ spack:
     - pnfft@1.0.7-alpha
     - cgal@5.0.3  # 5.2
     - hdf5@1.12.2+mpi
+    - netcdf-fortran@4.6.0 ^netcdf-c+mpi
     # - openblas@0.3.15
     # - etsf-io@1.0.4
     # - libpspio@0.2.4  # missing in spack
diff --git a/toolchains/foss2022a-mpi/spack.yaml b/toolchains/foss2022a-mpi/spack.yaml
index 678b98a95c8d96ed4312935c512dd4ed34cd4613..2a7ea8bfab231b648e268264ae43a645cf464233 100644
--- a/toolchains/foss2022a-mpi/spack.yaml
+++ b/toolchains/foss2022a-mpi/spack.yaml
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ spack:
     - pnfft@1.0.7-alpha
     - cgal@5.0.3  # 5.2
     - hdf5@1.12.2+mpi
+    - netcdf-fortran@4.6.0 ^netcdf-c+mpi
     # - openblas@0.3.15
     # - etsf-io@1.0.4
     # - libpspio@0.2.4  # missing in spack