diff --git a/.dd4hep-ci.d/init_x86_64.sh b/.dd4hep-ci.d/init_x86_64.sh
index bb41f98bf50f78b8dc9d03c7fc00c94bae064d3c..fa8f93d93419471c4168a841a11273fc21ce15fd 100644
--- a/.dd4hep-ci.d/init_x86_64.sh
+++ b/.dd4hep-ci.d/init_x86_64.sh
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=${PYTHONDIR}/lib:${LD_LIBRARY_PATH}
 #     ROOT
 #--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
-export ROOTSYS=${CLICREPO}/software/ROOT/6.12.02/${BUILD_FLAVOUR}
+export ROOTSYS=${CLICREPO}/software/ROOT/6.12.04/${BUILD_FLAVOUR}
 export PYTHONPATH="$ROOTSYS/lib:$PYTHONPATH"
 export PATH="$ROOTSYS/bin:$PATH"
 export LD_LIBRARY_PATH="$ROOTSYS/lib:$LD_LIBRARY_PATH"