diff --git a/spack-ext/repos/spack-stack/packages/ufs-utils-env/package.py b/spack-ext/repos/spack-stack/packages/ufs-utils-env/package.py
index 37a1e9d33..ea9129907 100644
--- a/spack-ext/repos/spack-stack/packages/ufs-utils-env/package.py
+++ b/spack-ext/repos/spack-stack/packages/ufs-utils-env/package.py
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ class UfsUtilsEnv(BundlePackage):
     depends_on("w3emc")
     depends_on("sigio")
     depends_on("sfcio")
-    depends_on("zlib-ng")
+    depends_on("zlib-api")
     depends_on("hdf5")
     depends_on("netcdf-c")
     depends_on("netcdf-fortran")