diff --git a/easybuild/easyconfigs/j/jax/jax-0.6.2-gfbf-2024a.eb b/easybuild/easyconfigs/j/jax/jax-0.6.2-gfbf-2024a.eb
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..7302e39a56ee
--- /dev/null
+++ b/easybuild/easyconfigs/j/jax/jax-0.6.2-gfbf-2024a.eb
@@ -0,0 +1,95 @@
+# This file is an EasyBuild reciPY as per https://github.com/easybuilders/easybuild
+# Author: Denis Kristak
+# Updated by: Alex Domingo (Vrije Universiteit Brussel)
+# Updated by: Thomas Hoffmann (EMBL Heidelberg)
+# Updated by: Pavel Tománek (INUITS)
+easyblock = 'PythonBundle'
+
+name = 'jax'
+version = '0.6.2'
+
+homepage = 'https://jax.readthedocs.io/'
+description = """Composable transformations of Python+NumPy programs:
+differentiate, vectorize, JIT to GPU/TPU, and more"""
+
+toolchain = {'name': 'gfbf', 'version': '2024a'}
+
+builddependencies = [
+    ('Bazel', '7.4.1', '-Java-21'),
+]
+
+dependencies = [
+    ('Python', '3.12.3'),
+    ('SciPy-bundle', '2024.05'),
+    ('absl-py', '2.1.0'),
+    ('flatbuffers-python', '24.3.25'),
+    ('ml_dtypes', '0.5.0'),
+    ('hypothesis', '6.103.1'),
+    ('zlib', '1.3.1'),
+]
+
+# downloading xla  tarball to avoid that Bazel downloads it during the build
+# note: following commits *must* be the exact same onces used upstream
+# XLA_COMMIT from jax-jaxlib: third_party/xla/workspace.bzl
+_xla_commit = '3d5ece64321630dade7ff733ae1353fc3c83d9cc'
+
+# Use sources downloaded by EasyBuild
+_jaxlib_buildopts = '--bazel_options="--distdir=%(builddir)s/archives" '
+# create wheels for jaxlib and install it
+_jaxlib_buildopts += '--wheels=jaxlib '
+# use GCC instead of default Clang
+_jaxlib_buildopts += '--use_clang=false --gcc_path=$CC '
+# fix jaxlib version
+_jaxlib_buildopts += '--bazel_options="--action_env=JAXLIB_RELEASE" '
+
+components = [
+    ('jaxlib', version, {
+        'sources': [
+            {
+                'source_urls': ['https://github.com/google/jax/archive/'],
+                'filename': 'jax-v%(version)s.tar.gz',
+            },
+            {
+                'source_urls': ['https://github.com/openxla/xla/archive'],
+                'download_filename': f'{_xla_commit}.tar.gz',
+                'filename': f'xla-{_xla_commit[:8]}.tar.gz',
+                'extract_cmd': 'mkdir -p %(builddir)s/archives && cp %s %(builddir)s/archives',
+            },
+        ],
+        'checksums': [
+            {'jax-v0.6.2.tar.gz':
+             'd46cb98795f2c1ccdf2b081e02d9d74b659063679a80beb001ad17d482a60e17'},
+            {'xla-3d5ece64.tar.gz':
+             'fbd20cf83bad78f66977fa7ff67a12e52964abae0b107ddd5486a0355643ec8a'},
+        ],
+        'start_dir': f'jax-jax-v{version}',
+        # fix jaxlib version - removes .dev suffix
+        'prebuildopts': 'export JAXLIB_RELEASE=%(version)s && ',
+        'buildopts': _jaxlib_buildopts,
+    }),
+]
+
+# BackendsTest is failing on systems with GPU detected when cpu version is built
+_failing_backend_test = 'tests/api_test.py::BackendsTest::test_no_backend_warning_on_cpu_if_platform_specified'
+# Failing after fix jaxlib version by JAXLIB_RELEASE
+_failing_version_tests = 'tests/version_test.py'
+_runtest_cmd1 = f"pytest -n %(parallel)s tests --deselect={_failing_backend_test} --deselect={_failing_version_tests}"
+# retry randomly failing tests
+_runtest_cmd = ' '.join([_runtest_cmd1, '||', _runtest_cmd1, '--last-failed'])
+
+exts_list = [
+    (name, version, {
+        "patches": ["jax-0.6.2_jax-version-fix.patch"],
+        "testinstall": True,
+        "runtest": _runtest_cmd,
+        "sources": [
+            {"source_urls": ["https://github.com/google/jax/archive/"], "filename": "%(name)s-v%(version)s.tar.gz"}
+        ],
+        "checksums": [
+            {"jax-v0.6.2.tar.gz": "d46cb98795f2c1ccdf2b081e02d9d74b659063679a80beb001ad17d482a60e17"},
+            {"jax-0.6.2_jax-version-fix.patch": "e15615fd9f4e1698f7c5fd384f146d7b2dbfde3d4657b69bd2d044d75c9fb1d4"},
+        ],
+    }),
+]
+
+moduleclass = 'ai'
diff --git a/easybuild/easyconfigs/j/jax/jax-0.6.2_jax-version-fix.patch b/easybuild/easyconfigs/j/jax/jax-0.6.2_jax-version-fix.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..4dcd40824a76
--- /dev/null
+++ b/easybuild/easyconfigs/j/jax/jax-0.6.2_jax-version-fix.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+Fix jax version to not show .dev
+diff -ru jax-jax-v0.6.2/jax/version.py jax-jax-v0.4.35_version/jax/version.py
+--- jax-jax-v0.6.2/jax/version.py.orig	2024-10-22 21:00:23.000000000 +0200
++++ jax-jax-v0.6.2/jax/version.py	2024-11-28 13:10:52.508536023 +0100
+@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@
+ def _get_version_string() -> str:
+   # The build/source distribution for jax & jaxlib overwrites _release_version.
+   # In this case we return it directly.
++  return _version
+   if _release_version is not None:
+     return _release_version
+   if os.getenv("WHEEL_VERSION_SUFFIX"):
+@@ -82,6 +83,7 @@
+   - if JAX_NIGHTLY or JAXLIB_NIGHTLY are set: version looks like "0.4.16.dev20230906"
+   - if none are set: version looks like "0.4.16.dev20230906+ge58560fdc
+   """
++  return _version
+   if _release_version is not None:
+     return _release_version
+   if os.environ.get('JAX_NIGHTLY') or os.environ.get('JAXLIB_NIGHTLY'):
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