diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/kripke/001-remove-googletest-from-cmake.patch b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/kripke/001-remove-googletest-from-cmake.patch
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9e54cedc6ab
--- /dev/null
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/kripke/001-remove-googletest-from-cmake.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+
+m aa630efbd686c8581bb893b512dbf1613e1e574d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Afzal Patel <Afzal.Patel@amd.com>
+Date: Thu, 20 Jun 2024 18:40:02 +0000
+Subject: [PATCH] Comment out googletest folder
+
+---
+ CMakeLists.txt | 2 +-
+ 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
+
+diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
+index 2f9bff0..3059e26 100644
+--- a/CMakeLists.txt
++++ b/CMakeLists.txt
+@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ endif()
+ #
+ # Add googletest (needed by RAJA, etc)
+ #
+-add_subdirectory(tpl/googletest)
++# add_subdirectory(tpl/googletest)
+
+
+ #
+--
+2.31.1
diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/kripke/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/kripke/package.py
index 87a31c896c0..c185ff92857 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/kripke/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/kripke/package.py
@@ -21,6 +21,15 @@ class Kripke(CMakePackage, CudaPackage, ROCmPackage):
     license("BSD-3-Clause")
 
     version("develop", branch="develop", submodules=False)
+    version(
+        "1.2.7", submodules=True, tag="v1.2.7", commit="ddcac43cdad999f0346eb682065ef0af1847029d"
+    )
+    version(
+        "1.2.6", submodules=True, tag="v1.2.6", commit="55b39f34b68c68b2d828a33a75568abd66e1019f"
+    )
+    version(
+        "1.2.5", submodules=True, tag="v1.2.5", commit="20e9ea975f1bf567829323a18927b69bed3f4ebd"
+    )
     version(
         "1.2.4", submodules=False, tag="v1.2.4", commit="d85c6bc462f17a2382b11ba363059febc487f771"
     )
@@ -55,10 +64,26 @@ class Kripke(CMakePackage, CudaPackage, ROCmPackage):
     depends_on("caliper", when="+caliper")
     depends_on("adiak@0.4:", when="+caliper")
     depends_on("chai~examples+raja")
-    depends_on("raja~exercises~examples")
+    depends_on("raja@:2024.02.1~exercises~examples")
     depends_on("umpire~examples")
+
+    with when("+rocm @1.2.5:"):
+        depends_on("raja+rocm", when="+rocm")
+        depends_on("chai+rocm", when="+rocm")
+        for arch in ROCmPackage.amdgpu_targets:
+            depends_on(
+                "raja+rocm amdgpu_target={0}".format(arch), when="amdgpu_target={0}".format(arch)
+            )
+            depends_on(
+                "chai+rocm amdgpu_target={0}".format(arch), when="amdgpu_target={0}".format(arch)
+            )
+
     conflicts("^blt@:0.3.6", when="+rocm")
 
+    # googletest folder version hasn't been updated in over 5 years
+    # and is commented out in later releases
+    patch("001-remove-googletest-from-cmake.patch", when="@1.2.5:1.2.6")
+
     def cmake_args(self):
         spec = self.spec
         args = []
@@ -85,6 +110,7 @@ def cmake_args(self):
             # Set up the hip macros needed by the build
             args.append("-DENABLE_HIP=ON")
             args.append("-DHIP_ROOT_DIR={0}".format(spec["hip"].prefix))
+            args.append(self.define("CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER", self.spec["hip"].hipcc))
             rocm_archs = spec.variants["amdgpu_target"].value
             if "none" not in rocm_archs:
                 args.append("-DHIP_HIPCC_FLAGS=--amdgpu-target={0}".format(",".join(rocm_archs)))
@@ -113,4 +139,7 @@ def install(self, spec, prefix):
         # Kripke does not provide install target, so we have to copy
         # things into place.
         mkdirp(prefix.bin)
-        install(join_path(self.build_directory, "kripke.exe"), prefix.bin)
+        if spec.satisfies("@:1.2.4") or spec.satisfies("@1.2.7:"):
+            install(join_path(self.build_directory, "kripke.exe"), prefix.bin)
+        else:
+            install(join_path(self.build_directory, "bin", "kripke.exe"), prefix.bin)