diff --git a/configs/templates/neptune-dev/spack.yaml b/configs/templates/neptune-dev/spack.yaml
index be3b8d816..5f3332f79 100644
--- a/configs/templates/neptune-dev/spack.yaml
+++ b/configs/templates/neptune-dev/spack.yaml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ spack:
   definitions:
   - compilers: ['%aocc', '%apple-clang', '%gcc', '%intel', '%oneapi']
   - packages:
-      - neptune-env +python ^esmf@8.7.0b11 snapshot=b11
+      - neptune-env +espc +python +xnrl ^esmf@8.7.0b11 snapshot=b11
 
   specs:
     - matrix:
diff --git a/configs/templates/skylab-dev/spack.yaml b/configs/templates/skylab-dev/spack.yaml
index 75523e091..1ba272a63 100644
--- a/configs/templates/skylab-dev/spack.yaml
+++ b/configs/templates/skylab-dev/spack.yaml
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ spack:
     - jedi-neptune-env      ^esmf@=8.7.0b11 snapshot=b11
     - jedi-ufs-env          ^esmf@=8.6.1
     - jedi-um-env
+    - neptune-env ~espc +python ~xnrl ^esmf@=8.7.0b11 snapshot=b11
     - soca-env
 
     # Various crtm tags (list all to avoid duplicate packages)
diff --git a/configs/templates/unified-dev/spack.yaml b/configs/templates/unified-dev/spack.yaml
index 46a6f3037..a05ed4a75 100644
--- a/configs/templates/unified-dev/spack.yaml
+++ b/configs/templates/unified-dev/spack.yaml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ spack:
     - jedi-tools-env
     - jedi-ufs-env          ^esmf@=8.6.1
     - jedi-um-env
-    - neptune-env ~python   ^esmf@=8.7.0b11 snapshot=b11
+    - neptune-env ~espc +python ~xnrl ^esmf@=8.7.0b11 snapshot=b11
     - soca-env
     - ufs-srw-app-env       ^esmf@=8.6.1
     - ufs-weather-model-env ^esmf@=8.6.1