diff --git a/geant4.spec b/geant4.spec
index f33187bfdb7..e6a8336cee5 100644
--- a/geant4.spec
+++ b/geant4.spec
@@ -49,9 +49,9 @@ cmake ../%{n}.%{realversion} \
   -DCMAKE_AR=$(which gcc-ar) \
   -DCMAKE_RANLIB=$(which gcc-ranlib) \
   -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX:PATH="%i" \
+  -DCMAKE_CXX_STANDARD:STRING="17" \
   -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release \
   -DGEANT4_USE_GDML=ON \
-  -DGEANT4_BUILD_CXXSTD:STRING="17" \
   -DGEANT4_BUILD_TLS_MODEL:STRING="global-dynamic" \
   -DGEANT4_ENABLE_TESTING=OFF \
   -DGEANT4_BUILD_VERBOSE_CODE=OFF \
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ cmake ../%{n}.%{realversion} \
   -DGEANT4_INSTALL_EXAMPLES=OFF \
   -DGEANT4_USE_SYSTEM_CLHEP=ON \
   -DGEANT4_USE_SYSTEM_EXPAT=ON \
-  -DCMAKE_PREFIX_PATH="${XERCES_C_ROOT};${CLHEP_ROOT};${EXPAT_ROOT};${ZLIB_ROOT};${VECGEOM_ROOT}" \
+  -DCMAKE_PREFIX_PATH="${XERCES_C_ROOT};${CLHEP_ROOT};${EXPAT_ROOT};${ZLIB_ROOT};${VECGEOM_ROOT};${VECCORE_ROOT}" \
   -DGEANT4_USE_SYSTEM_ZLIB=ON \
   -DGEANT4_BUILD_MULTITHREADED=ON
 
diff --git a/scram-tools.file/tools/veccore/veccore.xml b/scram-tools.file/tools/veccore/veccore.xml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..354964193d7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scram-tools.file/tools/veccore/veccore.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+<tool name="veccore" version="@TOOL_VERSION@">
+  <info url="https://github.com/root-project/veccore"/>
+  <client>
+    <environment name="VECCORE_BASE" default="@TOOL_ROOT@"/>
+    <environment name="INCLUDE"      default="$VECCORE_BASE/include"/>
+  </client>
+</tool>
diff --git a/scram-tools.file/tools/vecgeom/vecgeom.xml b/scram-tools.file/tools/vecgeom/vecgeom.xml
index d66a3f63229..ecae7d0d7c1 100644
--- a/scram-tools.file/tools/vecgeom/vecgeom.xml
+++ b/scram-tools.file/tools/vecgeom/vecgeom.xml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
   <lib name="vecgeom"/>
   <client>
     <environment name="VECGEOM_BASE" default="@TOOL_ROOT@"/>
-    <environment name="LIBDIR" default="$VECGEOM_BASE/lib"/>
+    <environment name="LIBDIR" default="$VECGEOM_BASE/lib64"/>
   </client>
   <use name="vecgeom_interface"/>
 </tool>
diff --git a/veccore.spec b/veccore.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..18558d911fa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/veccore.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+### RPM external veccore 0.8.0
+## INCLUDE compilation_flags
+Source: https://github.com/root-project/veccore/archive/refs/tags/v%{realversion}.tar.gz
+
+BuildRequires: cmake gmake
+
+%prep
+%setup -n %{n}-%{realversion}
+
+%build
+rm -rf ../build
+mkdir ../build
+cd ../build
+
+cmake ../%{n}-%{realversion} \
+  -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX:PATH="%i" \
+%if "%{?arch_build_flags}"
+  -DCMAKE_CXX_FLAGS="%{arch_build_flags}" \
+%endif
+  -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release
+
+make %{makeprocesses}
+
+%install
+cd ../build
+make %{makeprocesses} install
+
+%post
+%{relocateConfig}lib/cmake/VecCore/*.cmake
+
diff --git a/vecgeom.spec b/vecgeom.spec
index e5cc9886e55..7e5112c0e6f 100644
--- a/vecgeom.spec
+++ b/vecgeom.spec
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
-### RPM external vecgeom v1.1.18
+### RPM external vecgeom v1.1.20
 ## INCLUDE compilation_flags
-%define tag 0afdb8f87dbf1293a4a46b5efa3fe03dd345d302
+%define tag ccc45b15420e60f39b60107795a85fed12332005
 Source: git+https://gitlab.cern.ch/VecGeom/VecGeom.git?obj=master/%{tag}&export=%{n}-%{realversion}&output=/%{n}-%{realversion}.tgz
 BuildRequires: cmake gmake
 %define keep_archives true
-
+%define vecgeom_backend Scalar
 Patch0: vecgeom-fix-vector
 
 %prep
@@ -19,24 +19,28 @@ cd ../build
 
 cmake ../%{n}-%{realversion} \
   -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=%{i} \
-  -DCMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR=%{i}/lib \
+  -DCMAKE_CXX_STANDARD:STRING="17" \
   -DROOT=OFF \
   -DCMAKE_AR=$(which gcc-ar) \
   -DCMAKE_RANLIB=$(which gcc-ranlib) \
   -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release \
   -DNO_SPECIALIZATION=ON \
-  -DBACKEND=Scalar \
+  -DBUILTIN_VECCORE=ON \
+  -DBACKEND=%{vecgeom_backend} \
 %ifarch x86_64
+%if "%{vecgeom_backend}" == "Vc"
   -DVECGEOM_VECTOR=sse3 \
+%endif
 %endif
   -DCMAKE_VERBOSE_MAKEFILE=TRUE \
   -DCMAKE_CXX_STANDARD=17 \
 %if "%{?arch_build_flags}"
   -DCMAKE_CXX_FLAGS="%{arch_build_flags}" \
 %endif
-  -DGEANT4=OFF
+  -DGEANT4=OFF \
+  -DDATA_DOWNLOAD=OFF
 
-make %{makeprocesses}
+make %{makeprocesses} VERBOSE=1
 
 %install
 cd ../build