diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 4b9c3bd9e3..125eaee590 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -13,9 +13,9 @@ noether-rocm:
 # MAGMA from dev branch
     - export MAGMA_DIR=/projects/hipMAGMA && git -C $MAGMA_DIR describe
 # LIBXSMM v1.16.1
-    - export XSMM_DIR=/projects/LIBXSMM && git -C $XSMM_DIR describe
+    - cd .. && export XSMM_VERSION=libxsmm-1.16.1 && { [[ -d $XSMM_VERSION ]] || { git clone --depth 1 --branch 1.16.1 https://github.com/hfp/libxsmm.git $XSMM_VERSION && make -C $XSMM_VERSION -j$(nproc); }; } && git -C $XSMM_VERSION describe --tags && export XSMM_DIR=$PWD/$XSMM_VERSION && cd libCEED
 # OCCA v1.1.0
-    - export OCCA_DIR=/projects/OCCA && OCCA_OPENCL_ENABLED=0 make -C $OCCA_DIR info
+    - cd .. && export OCCA_VERSION=occa-1.1.0 OCCA_OPENCL_ENABLED=0 && { [[ -d $OCCA_VERSION ]] || { git clone --depth 1 --branch v1.1.0 https://github.com/libocca/occa.git $OCCA_VERSION && make -C $OCCA_VERSION -j$(nproc); }; } && make -C $OCCA_VERSION info && export OCCA_DIR=$PWD/$OCCA_VERSION && cd libCEED
 # libCEED
     - make info
     - make -j$(nproc)
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ noether-rocm:
     - make -k -j$(nproc) junit search=mfem
 # Nek5000 v19.0
     - export COVERAGE=0
-    - cd .. && export NEK5K_VERSION=Nek5000-19.0 && { [[ -d $NEK5K_VERSION ]] || { git clone --depth 1 --branch v19.0 https://github.com/Nek5000/Nek5000.git $NEK5K_VERSION && cd $NEK5K_VERSION/tools && ./maketools genbox genmap reatore2 && cd ../..; }; } && export NEK5K_DIR=$PWD/$NEK5K_VERSION && export PATH=$NEK5K_DIR/bin:$PATH MPI=0 && cd libCEED
+    - cd .. && export NEK5K_VERSION=Nek5000-19.0 && { [[ -d $NEK5K_VERSION ]] || { git clone --depth 1 --branch v19.0 https://github.com/Nek5000/Nek5000.git $NEK5K_VERSION && cd $NEK5K_VERSION/tools && ./maketools genbox genmap reatore2 && cd ../..; }; } && git -C $NEK5K_VERSION describe --tags && export NEK5K_DIR=$PWD/$NEK5K_VERSION && export PATH=$NEK5K_DIR/bin:$PATH MPI=0 && cd libCEED
     - make -k -j$(nproc) junit search=nek
 # Report status
     - echo "SUCCESS" > .job_status