diff --git a/.github/workflows/Dockerfile.gnu b/.github/workflows/Dockerfile.gnu
index 3506c2b9ee..5bb1d27b8c 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/Dockerfile.gnu
+++ b/.github/workflows/Dockerfile.gnu
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ COPY --from=builder /opt/deps/ /opt/deps/
 # need to be on the dev boxes if building
 COPY ./fms_test_input /home/unit_tests_input
 
-RUN dnf install -y autoconf make automake m4 libtool pkg-config zip
+RUN dnf install -y autoconf make automake m4 libtool pkg-config zip cmake git
 
 ENV FC="mpifort"
 ENV CC="mpicc"
diff --git a/.github/workflows/github_autotools_gnu.yml b/.github/workflows/github_autotools_gnu.yml
index d25f440959..d0565908b0 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/github_autotools_gnu.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/github_autotools_gnu.yml
@@ -15,7 +15,10 @@ jobs:
           - conf-flag: --with-mpi=no
             input-flag: --enable-test-input=/home/unit_tests_input
     container:
-      image: noaagfdl/fms-ci-rocky-gnu:12.3.0
+      image: ghcr.io/noaa-gfdl/fms/fms-ci-rocky-gnu:12.3.0
+      credentials:
+        username: ${{ github.actor }}
+        password: ${{ secrets.github_token }}
       env:
         TEST_VERBOSE: 1
         DISTCHECK_CONFIGURE_FLAGS: "${{ matrix.conf-flag }} ${{ matrix.input-flag }} ${{ matrix.io-flag }}"
diff --git a/.github/workflows/github_cmake_gnu.yml b/.github/workflows/github_cmake_gnu.yml
index d4f7e2a248..f2fa93876e 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/github_cmake_gnu.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/github_cmake_gnu.yml
@@ -11,13 +11,28 @@ jobs:
         libyaml-flag: [ "", -DWITH_YAML=on ]
         io-flag: [ "", -DUSE_DEPRECATED_IO=on ]
     container:
-      image: noaagfdl/hpc-me.ubuntu-minimal:cmake
+      image: ghcr.io/noaa-gfdl/fms/fms-ci-rocky-gnu:12.3.0
+      credentials:
+        username: ${{ github.actor }}
+        password: ${{ secrets.github_token }}
       env:
         CMAKE_FLAGS: "${{ matrix.omp-flags }} ${{ matrix.io-flag  }} ${{ matrix.libyaml-flag }} -D64BIT=on"
+        LIBYAML_ROOT: "/opt/deps/linux-rocky9-haswell/gcc-12.3.0/libyaml-0.2.5-yiouvafr3qwcdrwdpumepit4wmqvh642/" # TODO should find better way for cmake to find this
     steps:
     - name: Checkout code
       uses: actions/checkout@v2
     - name: Generate makefiles with CMake
-      run: cmake $CMAKE_FLAGS .
+      run: cmake -DNetCDF_INCLUDE_DIR=/opt/view/include/ -DCMAKE_Fortran_FLAGS="-fallow-argument-mismatch" $CMAKE_FLAGS .
     - name: Build the library
       run: make
+    - name: Link with basic executable
+      run: |
+        echo "program test" > test.F90
+        echo "    use fms_mod" >> test.F90
+        echo "    call fms_init" >> test.F90
+        echo "    call fms_end" >> test.F90
+        echo "end program" >> test.F90
+        mpifort -L/opt/view/lib -fopenmp `nf-config --flibs` -Iinclude_r4 -Iinclude_r8 test.F90 libfms_r4.a libfms_r8.a -o test.x
+        touch input.nml
+    - name: Run executable
+      run: ./test.x
diff --git a/.github/workflows/github_coupler_gnu.yml b/.github/workflows/github_coupler_gnu.yml
index ea24899b95..f5573c6e4a 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/github_coupler_gnu.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/github_coupler_gnu.yml
@@ -5,13 +5,16 @@ jobs:
   coupler-build:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     container:
-      image: ryanmulhall/hpc-me.ubuntu-minimal:coupler
+      image: ghcr.io/noaa-gfdl/fms/fms-ci-rocky-gnu:12.3.0
+      credentials:
+        username: ${{ github.actor }}
+        password: ${{ secrets.github_token }}
       env:
         CC: mpicc
         FC: mpif90
-        CPPFLAGS: '-I/usr/include -Duse_LARGEFILE -DMAXFIELDMETHODS_=500'
-        FCFLAGS: '-fcray-pointer -fdefault-double-8 -fdefault-real-8 -Waliasing -ffree-line-length-none -fno-range-check -I/usr/include'
-        LDFLAGS: '-L/usr/lib'
+        CPPFLAGS: '-I/opt/view/include -Duse_LARGEFILE -DMAXFIELDMETHODS_=500'
+        FCFLAGS: '-fallow-argument-mismatch -fcray-pointer -fdefault-double-8 -fdefault-real-8 -Waliasing -ffree-line-length-none -fno-range-check -I/opt/view/include'
+        LDFLAGS: '-L/opt/view/lib'
         VERBOSE: 1
     steps:
     - name: Checkout FMS