diff --git a/cgal.sh b/cgal.sh
index 16d70d6..4170d39 100644
--- a/cgal.sh
+++ b/cgal.sh
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ build_requires:
   - GMP
   - MPFR
   - CMake
-  - curl
 ---
 #!/bin/bash -e
 case $ARCHITECTURE in
diff --git a/configuration.sh b/configuration.sh
index 1be4f9f..28b88ec 100644
--- a/configuration.sh
+++ b/configuration.sh
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 package: Configuration
 requires:
-  - curl
   - boost
   - "GCC-Toolchain:(?!osx)"
   - protobuf
diff --git a/curl.sh b/curl.sh
index adf6fb0..3ea0f64 100644
--- a/curl.sh
+++ b/curl.sh
@@ -1,10 +1,29 @@
 package: curl
-version: "1.0"
-system_requirement_missing: |
-  curl and its development package are missing from your system.
-   * RHEL-compatible systems: you will probably need "curl" and "curl-devel" packages.
-   * Ubuntu-compatible systems: you will probably need "curl" and "libcurl4-openssl-dev" (or "libcurl4-gnutls-dev").
-system_requirement: ".*"
-system_requirement_check: |
-  curl --version > /dev/null; if test $? = 127; then exit 1; else printf "#include <curl/curl.h>\nint main() {}\n" | cc -xc -lcurl - -o /dev/null || exit 2; fi; exit 0
+version: "7.76.1"
+tag: curl-7_76_1
+source: https://github.com/curl/curl.git
+build_requires:
+  - "OpenSSL:(?!osx)"
+  - alibuild-recipe-tools
 ---
+#!/bin/bash -e
+
+if [[ $ARCHITECTURE = osx* ]]; then
+  OPENSSL_ROOT=$(brew --prefix openssl@3)
+else
+  ${OPENSSL_ROOT:+env LDFLAGS=-Wl,-R$OPENSSL_ROOT/lib}
+fi
+rsync -a --chmod=ug=rwX  --delete --exclude="**/.git" --delete-excluded $SOURCEDIR/ .
+
+sed -i.deleteme 's/CPPFLAGS="$CPPFLAGS $SSL_CPPFLAGS"/CPPFLAGS="$SSL_CPPFLAGS $CPPFLAGS"/' configure.ac
+sed -i.deleteme 's/LDFLAGS="$LDFLAGS $SSL_LDFLAGS"/LDFLAGS="$SSL_LDFLAGS $LDFLAGS"/' configure.ac
+
+./buildconf
+./configure --prefix=$INSTALLROOT --disable-ldap ${OPENSSL_ROOT:+--with-ssl=$OPENSSL_ROOT} --disable-static
+make ${JOBS:+-j$JOBS}
+make install
+
+# Modulefile
+mkdir -p etc/modulefiles
+alibuild-generate-module --bin --lib > etc/modulefiles/$PKGNAME
+mkdir -p $INSTALLROOT/etc/modulefiles && rsync -a --delete etc/modulefiles/ $INSTALLROOT/etc/modulefiles
diff --git a/defaults-release.sh b/defaults-release.sh
index f19ec94..7a5f5b0 100644
--- a/defaults-release.sh
+++ b/defaults-release.sh
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ overrides:
     tag: "v1.70.0"
     requires:
       - "GCC-Toolchain:(?!osx)"
-      - Python
+      - Pytho64n
     prefer_system_check: |
      printf "#include \"boost/version.hpp\"\n# if (BOOST_VERSION < 106400)\n#error \"Cannot use system's boost. Boost > 1.64.00 required.\"\n#endif\nint main(){}" \
      | gcc -I$BOOST_ROOT/include -xc++ - -o /dev/null
@@ -31,18 +31,19 @@ overrides:
       which cc && test -f $(dirname $(which cc))/c++ && printf "#define GCCVER ((__GNUC__ << 16)+(__GNUC_MINOR__ << 8)+(__GNUC_PATCHLEVEL__))\n#if (GCCVER < 0x060000 || GCCVER > 0x100000)\n#error \"System's GCC cannot be used: we need GCC 6.X. We are going to compile our own version.\"\n#endif\n" | cc -xc++ - -c -o /dev/null
   ROOT:
     prefer_system_check: |
-      ls $ROOT_ROOT/bin > /dev/null && \
-      ls $ROOT_ROOT/cmake > /dev/null && \
-      ls $ROOT_ROOT/config > /dev/null && \
-      ls $ROOT_ROOT/etc > /dev/null && \
-      ls $ROOT_ROOT/fonts > /dev/null && \
-      ls $ROOT_ROOT/geom > /dev/null && \
-      ls $ROOT_ROOT/icons > /dev/null && \
-      ls $ROOT_ROOT/include > /dev/null && \
-      ls $ROOT_ROOT/lib > /dev/null && \
-      ls $ROOT_ROOT/macros > /dev/null && \
-      ls $ROOT_ROOT/man > /dev/null && \
-      true
+      VERSION=$(root-config --version)
+      REQUESTED_VERSION=${REQUESTED_VERSION#v}
+      REQUESTED_VERSION=${REQUESTED_VERSION//-/.}
+      if [ "$(printf '%s\n' "$REQUESTED_VERSION" "VERSION" | sort -V | head -n1)" = "$REQUESTED_VERSION" ]; then
+          echo "ROOT version $VERSION sufficient"
+      else
+          echo "ROOT version $VERSION insufficient"
+          exit 1
+      fi
+      FEATURES="builtin_pcre mathmore xml ssl opengl http gdml roofit  vdt xrootd pythia6"
+      for FEATURE in $FEATURES; do
+          root-config --has-$FEATURE | grep -q yes || { echo "$FEATURE missing"; exit 1; }
+      done
   GSL:
     version: "v1.16%(defaults_upper)s"
     source: https://github.com/alisw/gsl
@@ -64,17 +65,17 @@ overrides:
       ls $FAIRROOT_ROOT/ > /dev/null && \
       ls $FAIRROOT_ROOT/lib > /dev/null && \
       ls $FAIRROOT_ROOT/include > /dev/null && \
-      grep v18.6.10 $FAIRROOT_ROOT/include/FairVersion.h
+      grep v19.0.0 $FAIRROOT_ROOT/include/FairVersion.h
   FairMQ:
     version: "%(tag_basename)s"
-    tag: "v1.4.38"
+    tag: "v1.10.0"
     prefer_system_check: |
       ls $FAIRMQ_ROOT/ > /dev/null && \
       ls $FAIRMQ_ROOT/lib > /dev/null && \
       ls $FAIRMQ_ROOT/include > /dev/null && \
   FairLogger:
     version: "%(tag_basename)s"
-    tag: "v1.9.0"
+    tag: "v2.2.0"
     prefer_system_check: |
       ls $FAIRLOGGER_ROOT/ > /dev/null && \
       ls $FAIRLOGGER_ROOT/lib > /dev/null && \
@@ -85,14 +86,20 @@ overrides:
     tag: v10.7.3
     source: https://github.com/geant4/geant4.git
     prefer_system_check: |
-      ls $GEANT4_ROOT/bin > /dev/null && \
-      ls $GEANT4_ROOT/bin/geant4-config > /dev/null && \
-      ls $GEANT4_ROOT/bin/geant4.csh > /dev/null && \
-      ls $GEANT4_ROOT/bin/geant4.sh > /dev/null && \
-      ls $GEANT4_ROOT/include > /dev/null && \
-      ls $GEANT4_ROOT/include/Geant4 > /dev/null && \
-      ls $GEANT4_ROOT/lib/ > /dev/null && \
-      true
+      VERSION=$(geant4-config --version)
+      REQUESTED_VERSION=${REQUESTED_VERSION#v}
+      verlte() {
+          printf '%s\n' "$1" "$2" | sort -C -V
+      }
+      verlt() {
+          ! verlte "$2" "$1"
+      }
+      if ! verlt $VERSION $REQUESTED_VERSION; then
+        echo "GEANT4 version $VERSION sufficient"
+      else
+        echo "GEANT4 version $VERSION insufficient"
+        exit 1
+      fi
     requires:
       - "GCC-Toolchain:(?!osx)"
       - opengl
@@ -114,7 +121,7 @@ overrides:
      G4SAIDXSDATA : "`find ${G4INSTALL} $G4DATASEARCHOPT  '*data*G4SAIDDATA*'`"
   GEANT4_VMC:
     version: "%(tag_basename)s"
-    tag: v5-4
+    tag: v6-6-p3
     prefer_system_check: |
       ls $GEANT4_VMC_ROOT/bin > /dev/null && \
       ls $GEANT4_VMC_ROOT/lib/libg4root.so > /dev/null && \
@@ -126,7 +133,7 @@ overrides:
       true
   VMC:
     version: "%(tag_basename)s"
-    tag: v1-1-p1
+    tag: v2-0
     prefer_system_check: |
       ls $VMC_ROOT/include > /dev/null && \
       true
@@ -149,10 +156,19 @@ overrides:
   apfel:
     tag: 3.0.6
     prefer_system_check: |
-      ls $APFEL_ROOT/bin > /dev/null && \
-      ls $APFEL_ROOT/lib > /dev/null && \
-      ls $APFEL_ROOT/include > /dev/null && \
-      true
+      VERSION=$(apfel-config --version)
+      verlte() {
+          printf '%s\n' "$1" "$2" | sort -C -V
+      }
+      verlt() {
+          ! verlte "$2" "$1"
+      }
+      if ! verlt $VERSION $REQUESTED_VERSION; then
+        echo "apfel version $VERSION sufficient"
+      else
+        echo "apfel version $VERSION insufficient"
+        exit 1
+      fi
   pythia:
     version: "%(tag_basename)s"
     source: https://github.com/ShipSoft/pythia8
@@ -162,27 +178,34 @@ overrides:
       - HepMC
       - boost
     prefer_system_check: |
-      ls $PYTHIA_ROOT/bin > /dev/null && \
-      ls $PYTHIA_ROOT/bin/pythia8-config > /dev/null && \
-      ls $PYTHIA_ROOT/include/ > /dev/null && \
-      ls $PYTHIA_ROOT/include/Pythia8 > /dev/null && \
-      ls $PYTHIA_ROOT/include/Pythia8Plugins > /dev/null && \
-      ls $PYTHIA_ROOT/lib/libpythia8.a > /dev/null && \
-      ls $PYTHIA_ROOT/lib/libpythia8lhapdf6.so > /dev/null && \
-      ls $PYTHIA_ROOT/lib/libpythia8.so > /dev/null && \
-      true
+      VERSION=$(pythia8-config --version)
+      REQUESTED_VERSION=${REQUESTED_VERSION#v}
+      VERSION=${VERSION//.}
+      verlte() {
+          printf '%s\n' "$1" "$2" | sort -C -V
+      }
+      verlt() {
+          ! verlte "$2" "$1"
+      }
+      if ! verlt $VERSION $REQUESTED_VERSION; then
+        echo "pythia8 version $VERSION sufficient"
+      else
+        echo "pythia8 version $VERSION insufficient"
+        exit 1
+      fi
+      pythia8-config --with-lhapdf6 || { echo "lhapdf6 support missing."; exit 1; }
   vgm:
     version: "%(tag_basename)s"
     tag: "4.4"
   evtGen:
     version: "%(tag_basename)s"
-    source: https://github.com/ShipSoft/evtgen
-    tag: R01-06-00-ship
+    source:  https://github.com/alisw/EVTGEN # https://github.com/ShipSoft/evtgen
+    tag: R02-02-00-alice2
     prefer_system_check: |
       ls $EVTGEN_ROOT/include > /dev/null && \
-      ls $EVTGEN_ROOT/lib > /dev/null && \
-      ls $EVTGEN_ROOT/lib/libEvtGenExternal.so > /dev/null && \
-      ls $EVTGEN_ROOT/lib/libEvtGen.so > /dev/null && \
+      ls $EVTGEN_ROOT/lib64 > /dev/null && \
+      ls $EVTGEN_ROOT/lib64/libEvtGenExternal.so > /dev/null && \
+      ls $EVTGEN_ROOT/lib64/libEvtGen.so > /dev/null && \
       ls $EVTGEN_ROOT/include/EvtGen > /dev/null && \
       ls $EVTGEN_ROOT/include/EvtGenBase > /dev/null && \
       ls $EVTGEN_ROOT/include/EvtGenExternal > /dev/null && \
@@ -194,12 +217,12 @@ overrides:
       ls $PHOTOSPP_ROOT/lib > /dev/null && \
       ls $PHOTOSPP_ROOT/lib/libPhotospp.a > /dev/null && \
       ls $PHOTOSPP_ROOT/lib/libPhotosppHEPEVT.so > /dev/null && \
-      ls $PHOTOSPP_ROOT/lib/libPhotosppHepMC.so > /dev/null && \
+      ls $PHOTOSPP_ROOT/lib/libPhotosppHepMC3.so > /dev/null && \
       ls $PHOTOSPP_ROOT/lib/libPhotospp.so > /dev/null
   Tauolapp:
     version: "%(tag_basename)s"
     source: https://github.com/ShipSoft/Tauolapp
-    tag: v1.1.5-ship
+    tag: 1.1.8.atlas1
     prefer_system_check: |
       ls "$TAUOLAPP_ROOT"/lib > /dev/null && \
       ls "$TAUOLAPP_ROOT"/etc > /dev/null && \
@@ -226,12 +249,20 @@ overrides:
       grep "2.06" $HEPMC_ROOT/include/HepMC/HepMCDefs.h > /dev/null
   lhapdf:
     prefer_system_check: |
-      ls $LHAPDF_ROOT/ > /dev/null && \
-      ls $LHAPDF_ROOT/bin > /dev/null && \
-      ls $LHAPDF_ROOT/include > /dev/null && \
-      ls $LHAPDF_ROOT/include/LHAPDF > /dev/null && \
-      ls $LHAPDF_ROOT/lib > /dev/null && \
-      ls $LHAPDF_ROOT/share/LHAPDF > /dev/null
+      VERSION=$(lhapdf-config --version)
+      REQUESTED_VERSION=${REQUESTED_VERSION#lhapdf-}
+      verlte() {
+          printf '%s\n' "$1" "$2" | sort -C -V
+      }
+      verlt() {
+          ! verlte "$2" "$1"
+      }
+      if ! verlt $VERSION $REQUESTED_VERSION; then
+        echo "lhapdf version $VERSION sufficient"
+      else
+        echo "lhapdf version $VERSION insufficient"
+        exit 1
+      fi
   lhapdf5:
     prefer_system_check: |
       ls $LHAPDF5_ROOT/ > /dev/null && \
@@ -263,26 +294,36 @@ overrides:
       ls $VGM_ROOT/lib/libXmlVGM.a > /dev/null
   XercesC:
     prefer_system_check: |
-      ls $XERCESC_ROOT/ > /dev/null && \
-      ls $XERCESC_ROOT/bin > /dev/null && \
-      ls $XERCESC_ROOT/include > /dev/null && \
-      ls $XERCESC_ROOT/include/xercesc/ > /dev/null && \
-      ls $XERCESC_ROOT/lib > /dev/null && \
-      ls $XERCESC_ROOT/lib/libxerces-c-3.1.so > /dev/null && \
-      ls $XERCESC_ROOT/lib/libxerces-c.a > /dev/null && \
-      ls $XERCESC_ROOT/lib/libxerces-c.la > /dev/null && \
-      ls $XERCESC_ROOT/lib/libxerces-c.so > /dev/null
+      VERSION=$(pkg-config xerces-c --modversion)
+      REQUESTED_VERSION=${REQUESTED_VERSION#v}
+      verlte() {
+          printf '%s\n' "$1" "$2" | sort -C -V
+      }
+      verlt() {
+          ! verlte "$2" "$1"
+      }
+      if ! verlt $VERSION $REQUESTED_VERSION; then
+        echo "xerces-c version $VERSION sufficient"
+      else
+        echo "xerces-c version $VERSION insufficient"
+        exit 1
+      fi
   googletest:
     prefer_system_check: |
-      ls $GOOGLETEST_ROOT/ > /dev/null && \
-      ls $GOOGLETEST_ROOT/include > /dev/null && \
-      ls $GOOGLETEST_ROOT/include/gmock > /dev/null && \
-      ls $GOOGLETEST_ROOT/include/gtest > /dev/null && \
-      ls $GOOGLETEST_ROOT/lib/libgmock.a > /dev/null && \
-      ls $GOOGLETEST_ROOT/lib/libgmock_main.a > /dev/null && \
-      ls $GOOGLETEST_ROOT/lib/libgtest.a > /dev/null && \
-      ls $GOOGLETEST_ROOT/lib/libgtest_main.a > /dev/null && \
-      true
+      VERSION=$(pkg-config gtest --modversion)
+      REQUESTED_VERSION=${REQUESTED_VERSION#v}
+      verlte() {
+          printf '%s\n' "$1" "$2" | sort -C -V
+      }
+      verlt() {
+          ! verlte "$2" "$1"
+      }
+      if ! verlt $VERSION $REQUESTED_VERSION; then
+        echo "googletest version $VERSION sufficient"
+      else
+        echo "googletest version $VERSION insufficient"
+        exit 1
+      fi
 ---
 # This file is included in any build recipe and it's only used to set
 # environment variables. Which file to actually include can be defined by the
diff --git a/dim.sh b/dim.sh
index d2df50e..2464896 100644
--- a/dim.sh
+++ b/dim.sh
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 package: dim
 version: "v20r20"
 build_requires:
-  - curl
   - "GCC-Toolchain:(?!osx)"
   - motif
 ---
diff --git a/evtgen.sh b/evtgen.sh
index 0927e3f..6671402 100644
--- a/evtgen.sh
+++ b/evtgen.sh
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 package: EvtGen
 version: "%(tag_basename)s-ship%(defaults_upper)s"
-source: https://github.com/ShipSoft/evtgen
-tag: fairshipdev
+source: https://github.com/alisw/EVTGEN/ # https://github.com/ShipSoft/evtgen
+tag: R02-02-00-alice2
 requires:
   - HepMC
   - pythia
@@ -16,10 +16,17 @@ export  HEPMCLOCATION="$HEPMC_ROOT"
 
 rsync -a $SOURCEDIR/* .
 
-./configure --hepmcdir=$HEPMC_ROOT --pythiadir=$PYTHIA_ROOT --tauoladir=$TAUOLAPP_ROOT --photosdir=$PHOTOSPP_ROOT --prefix=$INSTALLROOT CFLAGS="$CFLAGS" CXXFLAGS="$CXXFLAGS" 
-
-make 
-make install
+cmake $SOURCEDIR -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=$INSTALLROOT \
+      -DCMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR=lib \
+      -DEVTGEN_HEPMC3=OFF \
+      -DHEPMC2_ROOT_DIR=$HEPMC_ROOT \
+      -DEVTGEN_PYTHIA=ON \
+      -DPYTHIA8_ROOT_DIR=$PYTHIA_ROOT \
+      -DEVTGEN_PHOTOS=ON \
+      -DPHOTOSPP_ROOT_DIR=$PHOTOS_ROOT \
+      -DEVTGEN_TAUOLA=ON \
+      -DTAUOLAPP_ROOT_DIR=$TAUOLA_ROOT
+make ${JOBS:+-j$JOBS} install
 
 # Modulefile
 MODULEDIR="$INSTALLROOT/etc/modulefiles"
diff --git a/fairlogger.sh b/fairlogger.sh
index 4e88261..1469d3a 100644
--- a/fairlogger.sh
+++ b/fairlogger.sh
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 package: FairLogger
 version: "%(tag_basename)s"
-tag: v1.9.0
+tag: v2.2.0
 source: https://github.com/FairRootGroup/FairLogger
 requires:
  - fmt
diff --git a/fairmq.sh b/fairmq.sh
index 0987fcb..b7331db 100644
--- a/fairmq.sh
+++ b/fairmq.sh
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 package: FairMQ
 version: "%(tag_basename)s"
-tag: v1.4.49
+tag: v1.10.0
 source: https://github.com/FairRootGroup/FairMQ
 requires:
  - boost
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ case $ARCHITECTURE in
   ;;
   *)
     BUILD_OFI=ON
-    if [[ $(printf '%s\n' "1.4.2" "${PKGVERSION:1}" | sort -V | head -n1) != "1.4.2" ]]; then
+    if [[ $(printf '%s\n' "1.10.0" "${PKGVERSION:1}" | sort -V | head -n1) != "1.10.0" ]]; then
       BUILD_OFI=OFF
     fi
   ;;
diff --git a/fairship.sh b/fairship.sh
index f432863..67b1d1c 100644
--- a/fairship.sh
+++ b/fairship.sh
@@ -7,9 +7,11 @@ requires:
   - simulation
   - FairRoot
   - FairLogger
+  - apfel
   - GENIE
   - GenFit
   - GEANT4
+  - vgm
   - PHOTOSPP
   - EvtGen
   - ROOT
@@ -100,13 +102,13 @@ cmake $SOURCEDIR                                                 \
       -DHEPMC_DIR=$HEPMC_ROOT                                    \
       -DHEPMC_INCLUDE_DIR=$HEPMC_ROOT/include/HepMC              \
       -DEVTGEN_INCLUDE_DIR=$EVTGEN_ROOT/include                  \
-      -DEVTGEN_LIBRARY_DIR=$EVTGEN_ROOT/lib                      \
+      -DEVTGEN_LIBRARY_DIR=$EVTGEN_ROOT/lib64                      \
       ${PYTHON_ROOT:+-DPYTHON_LIBRARY=$PYTHON_ROOT/lib}          \
       ${PYTHON_ROOT:+-DPYTHON_INCLUDE_DIR=$PYTHON_ROOT/include/python3.6m/} \
       -DPYTHIA8_DIR=$PYTHIA_ROOT                                 \
       -DPYTHIA8_INCLUDE_DIR=$PYTHIA_ROOT/include                 \
-      -DGEANT4_ROOT=$GEANT4_ROOT                                 \
-      -DGEANT4_INCLUDE_DIR=$GEANT4_ROOT/include/Geant4           \
+      -DGEANT4_ROOT=$Geant4_DIR                                 \
+      -DGEANT4_INCLUDE_DIR=$Geant4_INC_DIR/Geant4           \
       -DGEANT4_VMC_INCLUDE_DIR=$GEANT4_VMC_ROOT/include/geant4vmc \
       ${CMAKE_VERBOSE_MAKEFILE:+-DCMAKE_VERBOSE_MAKEFILE=ON}     \
       ${BOOST_ROOT:+-DBOOST_ROOT=$BOOST_ROOT}                    \
@@ -156,7 +158,7 @@ prepend-path ROOT_INCLUDE_PATH \$::env(FAIRSHIP_ROOT)/include
 append-path ROOT_INCLUDE_PATH \$::env(GEANT4_ROOT)/include
 append-path ROOT_INCLUDE_PATH \$::env(GEANT4_ROOT)/include/Geant4
 append-path ROOT_INCLUDE_PATH \$::env(PYTHIA_ROOT)/include
-append-path ROOT_INCLUDE_PATH \$::env(PYTHIA_ROOT)/include/Pythia8
+append-path ROOT_INCLUDE_PATH \$::env(PYTHIA_ROOT)/include/Pythia8Plugins
 append-path ROOT_INCLUDE_PATH \$::env(GEANT4_VMC_ROOT)/include
 append-path ROOT_INCLUDE_PATH \$::env(GEANT4_VMC_ROOT)/include/geant4vmc
 prepend-path PYTHONPATH \$::env(FAIRSHIP_ROOT)/python
diff --git a/fmt.sh b/fmt.sh
index dd02d86..84130fd 100644
--- a/fmt.sh
+++ b/fmt.sh
@@ -8,6 +8,20 @@ build_requires:
   - CMake
 prepend_path:
   ROOT_INCLUDE_PATH: "$FMT_ROOT/include"
+prefer_system_check: |
+    VERSION=$(pkg-config fmt --modversion)
+    verlte() {
+        printf '%s\n' "$1" "$2" | sort -C -V
+    }
+    verlt() {
+        ! verlte "$2" "$1"
+    }
+    if ! verlt $VERSION $REQUESTED_VERSION; then
+      echo "fmt version $VERSION sufficient"
+    else
+      echo "fmt version $VERSION insufficient"
+      exit 1
+    fi
 ---
 #!/bin/bash -e
 cmake $SOURCEDIR -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=$INSTALLROOT -DFMT_TEST=OFF
diff --git a/freetype.sh b/freetype.sh
index 742bc2f..2edaf7e 100644
--- a/freetype.sh
+++ b/freetype.sh
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ requires:
  - AliEn-Runtime:(?!.*ppc64)
 build_requires:
   - autotools
-  - curl
 prefer_system: (?!slc5)
 prefer_system_check: |
   printf "#include <ft2build.h>\n" | c++ -xc++ - `freetype-config --cflags 2>/dev/null` `pkg-config freetype2 --cflags 2>/dev/null` -c -M 2>&1;
diff --git a/geant4_vmc.sh b/geant4_vmc.sh
index 5eaf8c6..db0b1d2 100644
--- a/geant4_vmc.sh
+++ b/geant4_vmc.sh
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 package: GEANT4_VMC
 version: "%(tag_basename)s"
-tag: "v5-4"
+tag: "v6-6-p3"
 source: https://github.com/vmc-project/geant4_vmc
 requires:
   - ROOT
diff --git a/genie.sh b/genie.sh
index 5a928de..e0a5599 100644
--- a/genie.sh
+++ b/genie.sh
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 package: GENIE
-version: v3.4.2
-tag: R-3_04_02
+version: v3.6.2
+tag: R-3_06_02
 source: https://github.com/GENIE-MC/Generator.git
 requires:
   - GCC-Toolchain
@@ -16,12 +16,13 @@ env:
   PATH: "$PATH:$GENIE_ROOT/genie/bin"
   LD_LIBRARY_PATH: "$LD_LIBRARY_PATH:$GENIE_ROOT/genie/lib"
   ROOT_INCLUDE_PATH: "$ROOT_INCLUDE_PATH:$GENIE_ROOT/genie/inc:$GENIE_ROOT/genie/src"
----  
+---
 #/bin/bash -ex
 export GENIE="$BUILDDIR"
 
 rsync -a $SOURCEDIR/* $BUILDDIR
 ls -alh $BUILDDIR
+APFEL_ROOT=/vols/lhcb/masmith/SHiP/LCG_build/sw/rocky9_x86-64/apfel/3.0.6-local1/
 $BUILDDIR/configure --prefix=$INSTALLROOT \
 		    --enable-lhapdf6 \
 		    --enable-apfel \
@@ -34,7 +35,7 @@ $BUILDDIR/configure --prefix=$INSTALLROOT \
 		    --enable-rwght \
 		    --enable-pyhia6 \
 		    --enable-mathmore \
-      		    --with-pythia6-lib=$PYTHIA6_ROOT/lib/ \
+      		--with-pythia6-lib=$PYTHIA6_ROOT/lib/ \
 		    --with-lhapdf-lib=$LHAPDF_ROOT/lib/ \
 		    --with-lhapdf-inc=$LHAPDF_ROOT/include/ \
 		    --with-libxml2-lib=$LIBXML2_ROOT/lib/ \
@@ -42,7 +43,9 @@ $BUILDDIR/configure --prefix=$INSTALLROOT \
 		    --with-log4cpp-inc=$LOG4CPP_ROOT/include/ \
 		    --with-log4cpp-lib=$LOG4CPP_ROOT/lib/ \
 		    --with-apfel-inc=$APFEL_ROOT/include/ \
-		    --with-apfel-lib=$APFEL_ROOT/lib/ 
+		    --with-apfel-lib=$APFEL_ROOT/lib/ \
+            --with-lhapdf6-lib=$LHAPDF_ROOT/lib/ \
+            --with-lhapdf6-inc=$LHAPDF_ROOT/include/
 
 
 make CXXFLAGS="-Wall $CXXFLAGS" CFLAGS="-Wall $CFLAGS"
diff --git a/glog.sh b/glog.sh
index 7cd35e9..222e772 100644
--- a/glog.sh
+++ b/glog.sh
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ source: https://github.com/google/glog
 build_requires:
  - autotools
  - "GCC-Toolchain:(?!osx)"
---- 
+---
 rsync -av --delete --exclude="**/.git" $SOURCEDIR/ .
 autoreconf -ivf
 ./configure --prefix="$INSTALLROOT"
diff --git a/hepmc.sh b/hepmc.sh
index 2455260..dc86290 100644
--- a/hepmc.sh
+++ b/hepmc.sh
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 package: HepMC
 version: "%(tag_basename)s%(defaults_upper)s"
 source: https://github.com/alisw/hepmc
-tag: alice/v2.06.09
+tag: 2.06.11
 build_requires:
   - CMake
   - GCC-Toolchain:(?!osx.*)
diff --git a/igprof-packaging.sh b/igprof-packaging.sh
index 9a77df5..9f7b871 100644
--- a/igprof-packaging.sh
+++ b/igprof-packaging.sh
@@ -14,21 +14,21 @@ tar xzf /sw/TARS/$ARCHITECTURE/libatomic_ops/libatomic_ops-$LIBATOMIC_OPS_VERSIO
 RPM_LIBATOMIC_OPS_VERSION=`echo $LIBATOMIC_OPS_VERSION | tr - _`
 
 case $ARCHITECTURE in
-  ubuntu*) 
+  ubuntu*)
     RPM_LIBATOMIC_OPS_VERSION=$LIBATOMIC_OPS_VERSION
     RPM_LIBATOMIC_OPS_NAME=libatomic-ops
-    PACKAGE_FORMAT=deb 
+    PACKAGE_FORMAT=deb
     ARCH_SEP=_
     VERSION_SEP=_
     RPM_ARCH=amd64
     apt-get install -y python-requests ruby-dev
     gem install --no-ri --no-rdoc fpm
   ;;
-  *) 
+  *)
     RPM_LIBATOMIC_OPS_VERSION=`echo $LIBATOMIC_OPS_VERSION | tr - _`
     RPM_LIBUNWIND_VERSION=`echo $LIBUNWIND_VERSION | tr - _`
     RPM_LIBATOMIC_OPS_NAME=libatomic_ops
-    PACKAGE_FORMAT=rpm 
+    PACKAGE_FORMAT=rpm
     ARCH_SEP=.
     VERSION_SEP=-
     RPM_ARCH=x86_64
diff --git a/lhapdf.sh b/lhapdf.sh
index 5e1e4fc..e5293b4 100644
--- a/lhapdf.sh
+++ b/lhapdf.sh
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 package: lhapdf
 version: "%(tag_basename)s%(defaults_upper)s"
-tag: lhapdf-6.5.3-snd
+tag: 6.5.3
 source:  https://github.com/SND-LHC/lhapdf
 requires:
  - Python-modules
diff --git a/monitoring.sh b/monitoring.sh
index 81a2026..9ef06cc 100644
--- a/monitoring.sh
+++ b/monitoring.sh
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 package: Monitoring
 requires:
   - Configuration
-  - curl
   - boost
   - "GCC-Toolchain:(?!osx)"
   - ApMon-CPP
diff --git a/pythia.sh b/pythia.sh
index 995a3dd..869d5a3 100644
--- a/pythia.sh
+++ b/pythia.sh
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 package: pythia
 version: "%(tag_basename)s%(defaults_upper)s"
-source: https://github.com/alisw/pythia8
+source: https://gitlab.com/Pythia8/releases # https://github.com/alisw/pythia8
 requires:
   - lhapdf
   - HepMC
   - boost
-tag: v8223
+tag: v8310
 env:
   PYTHIA8DATA: "$PYTHIA_ROOT/share/Pythia8/xmldoc"
   PYTHIA8: "$PYTHIA_ROOT"
diff --git a/python-modules-list.sh b/python-modules-list.sh
index 02959b5..2b7f537 100644
--- a/python-modules-list.sh
+++ b/python-modules-list.sh
@@ -2,18 +2,18 @@ package: Python-modules-list
 version: "1.0"
 env:
   PIP_BASE_REQUIREMENTS: |
-    pip==21.3.1
-    setuptools==59.6.0
+    pip==23.3.1
+    setuptools==57.1.0
     wheel==0.37.1
   PIP_REQUIREMENTS: |
-    requests==2.27.1
-    ipykernel==5.1.0
-    ipython==7.4.0
-    ipywidgets==7.4.2
-    metakernel==0.20.14
-    mock==2.0.0
-    notebook==5.7.8
-    scons==4.1.0
+    requests==2.31.0
+    ipykernel==6.0.2
+    ipython==7.25.0
+    ipywidgets==7.6.3
+    metakernel==0.24.2
+    mock==3.0.5
+    notebook==6.4.0
+    scons==4.6.0
   PIP36_REQUIREMENTS: |
     PyYAML==6.0.1
     psutil==5.8.0
@@ -49,18 +49,18 @@ env:
   PIP39_REQUIREMENTS: |
     PyYAML==6.0.1
     psutil==5.8.0
-    uproot==4.1.0
-    numpy==1.21.6
-    scipy==1.7.3
-    Cython==0.29.21
-    seaborn==0.11.0
-    scikit-learn==0.24.1
-    sklearn-evaluation==0.5.2
-    Keras==2.4.3
-    xgboost==1.2.0
+    uproot==4.3.7
+    numpy==1.23.5
+    scipy==1.11.3
+    Cython==0.29.33
+    seaborn==0.11.2
+    scikit-learn==1.2.2
+    sklearn-evaluation==0.12.2
+    Keras==2.13.1
+    xgboost==2.0.2
     dryable==1.0.5
     responses==0.10.6
-    pandas==1.1.5
+    pandas==1.5.3
     future
   "PIP39_REQUIREMENTS_ubuntu2110_x86_64": |
     PyYAML==6.0.1
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ env:
     Cython==0.29.21
     seaborn==0.11.0
     scikit-learn==1.2.2
-    sklearn-evaluation==0.12.0
+    sklearn-evaluation==0.12.2
     Keras==2.13.1
     xgboost==1.7.5
     dryable==1.0.5
@@ -127,6 +127,26 @@ env:
     dryable==1.0.5
     responses==0.10.6
     pandas==1.5.3
+  PIP312_REQUIREMENTS: |
+    PyYAML==6.0.2
+    psutil==5.9.8
+    uproot==5.6.0
+    numpy==2.1.3
+    scipy==1.15.3
+    Cython==3.0.12
+    seaborn==0.13.2
+    scikit-learn==1.5.2
+    sklearn-evaluation==0.12.0
+    Keras==3.7.0
+    xgboost==2.1.3
+    dryable==1.0.5
+    responses==0.10.6
+    pandas==2.2.3
+    dask[array,dataframe,distributed]==2025.2.0
+    dask_jobqueue==0.9.0
+
+    gnureadline
+
 build_requires:
   - alibuild-recipe-tools
 ---
diff --git a/python-modules.sh b/python-modules.sh
index 4b7224d..9ccd9d7 100644
--- a/python-modules.sh
+++ b/python-modules.sh
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ requires:
   - "FreeType:(?!osx)"
   - libpng
 build_requires:
-  - curl
   - Python-modules-list
   - alibuild-recipe-tools
 prepend_path:
@@ -45,7 +44,7 @@ case $ARCHITECTURE in
 esac
 
 # Major.minor version of Python
-pyver="$(python3 -c 'import distutils.sysconfig; print(distutils.sysconfig.get_python_version())')"
+pyver="$(python3 -c 'import sysconfig; print(sysconfig.get_python_version())')"
 
 # These are the basic requirements needed for all installation and platform
 # and it should represent the common denominator (working) for all packages/platforms
diff --git a/python.sh b/python.sh
index 836d1bd..a8d7637 100644
--- a/python.sh
+++ b/python.sh
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@ requires:
   - "GCC-Toolchain:(?!osx)"
   - libffi
 build_requires:
-  - curl
   - alibuild-recipe-tools
 env:
   SSL_CERT_FILE: "$(export PATH=$PYTHON_ROOT/bin:$PATH; export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$PYTHON_ROOT/lib:$LD_LIBRARY_PATH; python -c \"import certifi; print(certifi.where())\")"
diff --git a/sherpa.sh b/sherpa.sh
index c482a24..4cb0b95 100644
--- a/sherpa.sh
+++ b/sherpa.sh
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ version: "%(tag_basename)s%(defaults_upper)s"
 source: https://github.com/alisw/SHERPA
 tag: "alice/v2.1.1"
 build_requires:
-  - curl
   - autotools
   - GCC-Toolchain
   - HepMC
diff --git a/sqlite.sh b/sqlite.sh
index fd8dd96..7b17ff5 100644
--- a/sqlite.sh
+++ b/sqlite.sh
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ prefer_system_check: |
   printf '#include <sqlite3.h>\nint main(){}\n' | cc -xc - -lsqlite3 -o /dev/null;
   if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then printf "SQLite not found.\n * On RHEL-compatible systems you probably need: sqlite sqlite-devel\n * On Ubuntu-compatible systems you probably need: libsqlite3-0 libsqlite3-dev\n"; exit 1; fi
 build_requires:
-  - curl
   - autotools
 ---
 #!/bin/bash -ex
diff --git a/tauolapp.sh b/tauolapp.sh
index 714cd91..ef47751 100644
--- a/tauolapp.sh
+++ b/tauolapp.sh
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 package: Tauolapp
 version: "%(tag_basename)s-ship%(defaults_upper)s"
 source: https://github.com/ShipSoft/Tauolapp
-tag: v1.1.5
+tag: 1.1.8.atlas1
 requires:
   - HepMC
   - ROOT
diff --git a/vgm.sh b/vgm.sh
index 094ee8f..e19e8dd 100644
--- a/vgm.sh
+++ b/vgm.sh
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 package: vgm
 version: "%(tag_basename)s%(defaults_upper)s"
-tag: "4.3-alice1"
-source: https://github.com/alisw/vgm.git
+tag: "v5-3-1"
+source: https://github.com/vmc-project/vgm.git
 requires:
   - ROOT
   - GEANT4
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ requires:
 build_requires:
   - CMake
 ---
+Geant4_DIR=/cvmfs/sft.cern.ch/lcg/releases/Geant4/11.2.0-52c79/x86_64-el9-gcc12-opt/lib64/cmake/Geant4/
 #!/bin/bash -e
 cmake "$SOURCEDIR" \
   -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=${CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE} \
@@ -16,8 +17,11 @@ cmake "$SOURCEDIR" \
   -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX="$INSTALLROOT"  \
   -DWITH_EXAMPLES=OFF                \
   -DWITH_TEST=OFF                     \
-  -DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS=OFF
+  -DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS=OFF \
+  -DGeant4_DIR=/cvmfs/sft.cern.ch/lcg/releases/Geant4/11.2.0-52c79/x86_64-el9-gcc12-opt/lib64/cmake/Geant4/ \
+  -DCLHEP_DIR=/cvmfs/sft.cern.ch/lcg/releases/clhep/2.4.7.1-b7a7d/x86_64-el9-gcc12-opt/
 
+Geant4_DIR=/cvmfs/sft.cern.ch/lcg/releases/Geant4/11.2.0-52c79/x86_64-el9-gcc12-opt/lib64/Geant4-11.2.0/Linux-g++/cmake/Geant4/
 make ${JOBS+-j $JOBS} install
 
 # Modulefile
diff --git a/vmc.sh b/vmc.sh
index b95d860..a9346c6 100644
--- a/vmc.sh
+++ b/vmc.sh
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 package: VMC
 version: "%(tag_basename)s"
-tag: "v1-1-p1"
+tag: "v2-0"
 source: https://github.com/vmc-project/vmc
 requires:
   - ROOT
diff --git a/xrootd.sh b/xrootd.sh
index ca89ebb..60c1f84 100644
--- a/xrootd.sh
+++ b/xrootd.sh
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 package: XRootD
 version: "%(tag_basename)s"
-tag: "v5.7.1"
+tag: "v5.6.3"
 source: https://github.com/xrootd/xrootd
 requires:
   - "OpenSSL:(?!osx)"
@@ -14,7 +14,22 @@ build_requires:
   - UUID
   - alibuild-recipe-tools
 prepend_path:
-  PYTHONPATH: "${XROOTD_ROOT}/lib/python/site-packages"
+  PYTHONPATH: "${XROOTD_ROOT}/lib/python3.9/site-packages"
+prefer_system_check: |
+    VERSION=$(xrootd-config --version)
+    REQUESTED_VERSION=${REQUESTED_VERSION#v}
+    verlte() {
+        printf '%s\n' "$1" "$2" | sort -C -V
+    }
+    verlt() {
+        ! verlte "$2" "$1"
+    }
+    if ! verlt $VERSION $REQUESTED_VERSION; then
+        echo "XRootD version $VERSION sufficient"
+    else
+        echo "XRootD version $VERSION insufficient"
+        exit 1
+    fi
 ---
 #!/bin/bash -e