diff --git a/configs/templates/cylc-dev/spack.yaml b/configs/templates/cylc-dev/spack.yaml
index 1370b9dfb..342893872 100644
--- a/configs/templates/cylc-dev/spack.yaml
+++ b/configs/templates/cylc-dev/spack.yaml
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ spack:
   view:
     cylc:
       root: view
-      select: [^python]
+      select: [^python, bats]
       link: run
       link_type: symlink
   include: []
@@ -24,4 +24,4 @@ spack:
   - py-cylc-flow@8.4.2
   - py-cylc-rose@1.5.1
   - py-cylc-uiserver@1.6.1
-
+  - bats
diff --git a/repos/builtin b/repos/builtin
index 6fd08efa4..beebc2fa3 160000
--- a/repos/builtin
+++ b/repos/builtin
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit 6fd08efa4662fda2b4ef626cdc98c264d2dc05e5
+Subproject commit beebc2fa33f45e9f050f613a53528f7566598062
diff --git a/repos/spack_stack/spack_repo/spack_stack/packages/dev_utils_env/package.py b/repos/spack_stack/spack_repo/spack_stack/packages/dev_utils_env/package.py
index 2e3911b54..942be7994 100644
--- a/repos/spack_stack/spack_repo/spack_stack/packages/dev_utils_env/package.py
+++ b/repos/spack_stack/spack_repo/spack_stack/packages/dev_utils_env/package.py
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ class DevUtilsEnv(BundlePackage):
     depends_on("cube +gui", when="+scalasca", type="run")
   
     # Miscellaneous
+    depends_on("bats", type="run")
     depends_on("cloc", type="run")
     depends_on("rank-run", type="run")
 
diff --git a/repos/spack_stack/spack_repo/spack_stack/packages/ioda_converters/package.py b/repos/spack_stack/spack_repo/spack_stack/packages/ioda_converters/package.py
index ce53b51db..6ee9249e0 100644
--- a/repos/spack_stack/spack_repo/spack_stack/packages/ioda_converters/package.py
+++ b/repos/spack_stack/spack_repo/spack_stack/packages/ioda_converters/package.py
@@ -41,6 +41,9 @@ class IodaConverters(CMakePackage):
     depends_on("eccodes")
     depends_on("eckit")
     depends_on("eigen@3")
+    # error: could not find git for clone of yaml-cpp-populate
+    # fixed in repo Sep 25, 2025 - need only for 0.0.1.20250830
+    depends_on("git", type=("build"), when="@0.0.1.20250830")
     depends_on("gsl-lite")
     depends_on("ioda")
     depends_on("jedi-cmake", type=("build"))