diff --git a/.github/workflows/gce_test.yaml b/.github/workflows/gce_test.yaml
index bc21e1714a..4ec835ece1 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/gce_test.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/gce_test.yaml
@@ -8,24 +8,21 @@ on:
 
 jobs:
   main-test-suite:
-    strategy:
-      matrix:
-        python-version: ["3.11"]
     runs-on: ubuntu-20.04
     timeout-minutes: 60
 
     steps:
     - uses: actions/checkout@master
 
-    - name: Set up Python ${{ matrix.python-version }}
+    - name: Set up Python 3.11
       uses: actions/setup-python@v4
       with:
-        python-version: ${{ matrix.python-version }}
+        python-version: 3.11
 
     - name: Collect Job Information
       id: job-info
       run: |
-        echo "Python Version: ${{ matrix.python-version }}" >> ci_job_info.txt
+        echo "Python Version: 3.11" >> ci_job_info.txt
         echo "CI Triggering Event: ${{ github.event_name }}" >> ci_job_info.txt
         echo "Triggering Git Ref: ${{ github.ref }}" >> ci_job_info.txt
         echo "Triggering Git SHA: ${{ github.sha }}" >> ci_job_info.txt
@@ -39,14 +36,20 @@ jobs:
         make virtualenv
         source .venv/bin/activate
 
+    - name: Non-requirements based install
+      run: |
+        # mpich: required by mpi4py which is in test-requirements for radical-pilot
+        sudo apt-get update -q
+        sudo apt-get install -qy mpich
+
     - name: make deps clean_coverage
       run: |
         source .venv/bin/activate
         make deps
         make clean_coverage
-        
-        # Temporary fix, until changes make it into compute releases
-        git clone -b configure_tasks_working_dir https://github.com/globus/globus-compute.git        
+
+        # Temporary fix until fixes make it to a release
+        git clone -b main https://github.com/globus/globus-compute.git
         pip3 install globus-compute/compute_sdk globus-compute/compute_endpoint
 
     - name: start globus_compute_endpoint
@@ -63,7 +66,6 @@ jobs:
         engine:
           type: ThreadPoolEngine
           max_workers: 4
-          working_dir: /home/runner/.globus_compute/default/tasks_working_dir
         EOF
         cat /home/runner/.globus_compute/default/config.yaml
         mkdir ~/.globus_compute/default/tasks_working_dir
@@ -75,22 +77,22 @@ jobs:
         GLOBUS_COMPUTE_CLIENT_SECRET: ${{ secrets.GLOBUS_COMPUTE_SECRET_KEY }}
       run: |
         source .venv/bin/activate
-        export GLOBUS_COMPUTE_ENDPOINT=$(globus-compute-endpoint list | grep default | cut -c 3-38)      
+        export GLOBUS_COMPUTE_ENDPOINT=$(globus-compute-endpoint list | grep default | cut -c 3-38) 
         echo "GLOBUS_COMPUTE_ENDPOINT = $GLOBUS_COMPUTE_ENDPOINT"
 
         # temporary; until test-matrixification
         export PARSL_TEST_PRESERVE_NUM_RUNS=7
 
         make gce_test
-        ln -s .pytest/parsltest-current test_runinfo
+        ln -s pytest-parsl/parsltest-current test_runinfo
 
     - name: Archive runinfo logs
       if: ${{ always() }}
       uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
       with:
-        name: runinfo-${{ matrix.python-version }}-${{ steps.job-info.outputs.as-ascii }}-${{ github.sha }}
+        name: runinfo-3.11-${{ steps.job-info.outputs.as-ascii }}-${{ github.sha }}
         path: |
           runinfo/
-          .pytest/
+          pytest-parsl/
           ci_job_info.txt
-        compression-level: 9
+        compression-level: 9
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