diff --git a/.gitlab/custom-jobs-and-variables.yml b/.gitlab/custom-jobs-and-variables.yml
index 240b3f2c..f32fde2f 100644
--- a/.gitlab/custom-jobs-and-variables.yml
+++ b/.gitlab/custom-jobs-and-variables.yml
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ variables:
 # Note: We repeat the reservation, necessary when jobs are manually re-triggered.
   RUBY_JOB_ALLOC: "--overlap --reservation=ci --nodes=1"
 # Project specific variants for ruby
-  PROJECT_RUBY_VARIANTS: ""
+  PROJECT_RUBY_VARIANTS: "+tests"
 # Project specific deps for ruby
   PROJECT_RUBY_DEPS: "^umpire~c~shared ^raja~examples~exercises~tests ^chai~shared~examples "
 
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ variables:
 # Arguments for job level allocation
   POODLE_JOB_ALLOC: "--overlap --nodes=1"
 # Project specific variants for poodle
-  PROJECT_POODLE_VARIANTS: ""
+  PROJECT_POODLE_VARIANTS: "+tests"
 # Project specific deps for poodle
   PROJECT_POODLE_DEPS: "^umpire~c~shared ^raja~examples~exercises~tests ^chai~shared~examples "
 
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ variables:
 # Arguments for job level allocation
   CORONA_JOB_ALLOC: "--nodes=1 --begin-time=+5s"
 # Project specific variants for corona
-  PROJECT_CORONA_VARIANTS: ""
+  PROJECT_CORONA_VARIANTS: "+tests"
 # Project specific deps for corona
   PROJECT_CORONA_DEPS: "^umpire~c~shared ^raja~examples~exercises~tests ^chai~shared~examples "
 
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ variables:
 # Arguments for job level allocation
   TIOGA_JOB_ALLOC: "--nodes=1 --begin-time=+5s"
 # Project specific variants for tioga
-  PROJECT_TIOGA_VARIANTS: ""
+  PROJECT_TIOGA_VARIANTS: "+tests"
 # Project specific deps for tioga
   PROJECT_TIOGA_DEPS: "^umpire~c~shared ^raja~examples~exercises~tests ^chai~shared~examples "
 
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ variables:
 # Arguments for job level allocation
   LASSEN_JOB_ALLOC: "1 -W 11 -q pci"
 # Project specific variants for lassen
-  PROJECT_LASSEN_VARIANTS: " cuda_arch=70"
+  PROJECT_LASSEN_VARIANTS: "+tests cuda_arch=70"
 # Project specific deps for lassen
   PROJECT_LASSEN_DEPS: "^umpire~c~shared ^raja~examples~exercises~tests ^chai~shared~examples "
 
diff --git a/scripts/radiuss-spack-configs b/scripts/radiuss-spack-configs
index 00c06c2d..b269a595 160000
--- a/scripts/radiuss-spack-configs
+++ b/scripts/radiuss-spack-configs
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit 00c06c2d0258802fbf4a57ff987314d4acd9f629
+Subproject commit b269a5957148cfbc4504c2ba94e9ac2a36cf5af7