diff --git a/.github/workflows/ubuntu_gcc.yaml b/.github/workflows/ubuntu_gcc.yaml
index b501ef5ef..477f0abc3 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ubuntu_gcc.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ubuntu_gcc.yaml
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@ jobs:
       # Install dependencies using Spack
       - name: install-dependencies-with-spack
         if: steps.cache-env.outputs.cache-hit != 'true'
+        view: False
         run: |
           git clone -c feature.manyFiles=true https://github.com/JCSDA/spack.git
           source spack/share/spack/setup-env.sh
@@ -78,9 +79,11 @@ jobs:
           key: spack-${{ runner.os }}-${{ env.cache_key }}-${{ hashFiles('ufs_utils/ci/spack.yaml') }}
 
       - name: build
+        view: False
         run: |
           source spack/share/spack/setup-env.sh
           spack env activate ufs_utils-env
+          spack load ip sp w3emc netcdf-c netcdf-fortran bacio g2 nemsio sfcio sigio nccmp parallelio esmf
           export CC=mpicc
           export FC=mpif90
           cd ufs_utils
@@ -90,9 +93,11 @@ jobs:
           make install
 
       - name: ctest
+        view: False
         run: |
           source spack/share/spack/setup-env.sh
           spack env activate ufs_utils-env
+          spack load ip sp w3emc netcdf-c netcdf-fortran bacio g2 nemsio sfcio sigio nccmp parallelio esmf
           cd ufs_utils
           cd build
           ctest --verbose --rerun-failed --output-on-failure
diff --git a/.github/workflows/ubuntu_intel.yaml b/.github/workflows/ubuntu_intel.yaml
index f936c08f1..6d002ce0a 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ubuntu_intel.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ubuntu_intel.yaml
@@ -96,9 +96,11 @@ jobs:
           key: spack-${{ runner.os }}-${{ env.cache_key }}-${{ hashFiles('ufs_utils/ci/spack.yaml') }}
 
       - name: build
+        view: False
         run: |
           source spack/share/spack/setup-env.sh
           spack env activate ufs_utils-env
+          spack load ip sp w3emc netcdf-c netcdf-fortran bacio g2 nemsio sfcio sigio nccmp parallelio esmf
           export CC=mpiicc
           export FC=mpiifort
           cd ufs_utils
@@ -108,9 +110,11 @@ jobs:
           make install
 
       - name: ctest
+        view: False
         run: |
           source spack/share/spack/setup-env.sh
           spack env activate ufs_utils-env
+          spack load ip sp w3emc netcdf-c netcdf-fortran bacio g2 nemsio sfcio sigio nccmp parallelio esmf
           cd ufs_utils
           cd build
           ctest --verbose --rerun-failed --output-on-failure