diff --git a/cmake/toolchain/heptools-dev-base.cmake b/cmake/toolchain/heptools-dev-base.cmake
index b49261695f1438cf1c52dcf31692f43f6a57a1cf..e9d1e1ab7449d23ab6aea9ca1770b364541e39dc 100644
--- a/cmake/toolchain/heptools-dev-base.cmake
+++ b/cmake/toolchain/heptools-dev-base.cmake
@@ -528,7 +528,7 @@ LCG_external_package(numpy             1.26.4
 LCG_external_package(oauthlib          3.0.1                                    )
 LCG_external_package(ocaml             4.13.1                                   )
 if(NOT ${LCG_OS} MATCHES ubuntu)
-  LCG_external_package(octave            6.2.0                                  )
+  LCG_external_package(octave            9.2.0                                    )
   LCG_external_package(octavekernel      0.32.0                                 )
 endif()
 LCG_external_package(odfpy             1.4.1                                    )