diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/composable-kernel/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/composable-kernel/package.py
index 74f12520bf4..e56bdd63fdb 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/composable-kernel/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/composable-kernel/package.py
@@ -89,7 +89,10 @@ def cmake_args(self):
         if "auto" not in self.spec.variants["amdgpu_target"]:
             args.append(self.define_from_variant("GPU_TARGETS", "amdgpu_target"))
         if self.spec.satisfies("@5.6.0:"):
-            args.append(self.define("INSTANCES_ONLY", "ON"))
+            if self.run_tests:
+                args.append(self.define("BUILD_TESTING", "ON"))
+            else:
+                args.append(self.define("INSTANCES_ONLY", "ON"))
             args.append(self.define("CK_BUILD_JIT_LIB", "ON"))
             args.append(self.define("CMAKE_POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE", "ON"))
         if self.spec.satisfies("@:5.7"):
diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/hipsparselt/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/hipsparselt/package.py
index dfb5a75e023..72a0a904c57 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/hipsparselt/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/hipsparselt/package.py
@@ -57,6 +57,7 @@ class Hipsparselt(CMakePackage, ROCmPackage):
     depends_on("py-pyyaml", type="test")
     depends_on("py-joblib")
     depends_on("googletest@1.10.0:", type="test")
+    depends_on("netlib-lapack@3.7.1:", type="test")
 
     patch("0001-update-llvm-path-add-hipsparse-include-dir-for-spack.patch", when="@6.0")
     # Below patch sets the proper path for clang++,lld and clang-offload-blunder inside the