diff --git a/q/QMCPACK/QMCPACK-3.14.0-foss-2021a-Python-3.9.5.eb b/q/QMCPACK/QMCPACK-3.14.0-foss-2021a-Python-3.9.5.eb
index cccdfedf..d52e24b9 100644
--- a/q/QMCPACK/QMCPACK-3.14.0-foss-2021a-Python-3.9.5.eb
+++ b/q/QMCPACK/QMCPACK-3.14.0-foss-2021a-Python-3.9.5.eb
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ configopts += ' -DBUILD_AFQMC=ON ' # FCIQMC fails
 #configopts += '-DQMC_COMPLEX=1'
 
 preinstallopts = [
-#    ' ctest -j128 -V short -LE unstable || true && ' # run CMake tests in parallel
+#    ' ctest -j128 -V short -LE unstable && ' # run CMake tests in parallel
     ' mkdir -p %(installdir)s/nexus && ',
     ' mkdir -p %(installdir)s/QMCTools && ',
     ' cp -r %(builddir)s/qmcpack-%(version)s/nexus %(installdir)s/ && ',
diff --git a/q/QMCPACK/QMCPACK-3.14.0-intel-2020b-Python-3.8.6.eb b/q/QMCPACK/QMCPACK-3.14.0-intel-2020b-Python-3.8.6.eb
index e27ee5ec..4face9a9 100644
--- a/q/QMCPACK/QMCPACK-3.14.0-intel-2020b-Python-3.8.6.eb
+++ b/q/QMCPACK/QMCPACK-3.14.0-intel-2020b-Python-3.8.6.eb
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ toolchainopts = {'opt': True, 'usempi': True}
 source_urls = ['https://github.com/QMCPACK/qmcpack/archive/']
 sources = ['v%(version)s.tar.gz']
 
-builddependencies = [('CMake', '3.20.1')]
+builddependencies = [('CMake', '3.20.1', '', True),]
 
 # delete GCC from the module file - hack for compilation with intel toolchain
 dependencies = [
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ dependencies = [
     ('SciPy-bundle', '2020.11'),
     ('FFTW', '3.3.8'),
 #   ('PySCF', '2.0.1'), # does not work with intel toolchain
-    ('GCC', '8.3.0-2.32', '', True), # downgrade from 9.3.0 to compile 3.14.0
+    ('GCC', '9.3.0', '', True), # downgrade from 9.3.0 to compile 3.14.0
 ]
 
 separate_build_dir = True
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ configopts += ' -DBUILD_AFQMC=ON ' # FCIQMC fails
 #configopts += '-DQMC_COMPLEX=1'
 
 preinstallopts = [
-#    ' ctest -j128 -V -R short -LE unstable && ' # run CMake tests in parallel
+    ' ctest -j128 -V -R short -LE unstable && ' # run CMake tests in parallel
     ' mkdir -p %(installdir)s/nexus && ',
     ' mkdir -p %(installdir)s/QMCTools && ',
     ' cp -r %(builddir)s/qmcpack-%(version)s/nexus %(installdir)s/ && ',