diff --git a/.github/workflows/build-spack.yml b/.github/workflows/build-spack.yml
index 2ecbe4f05b..4ebf25fa20 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build-spack.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build-spack.yml
@@ -138,6 +138,7 @@ jobs:
             ..
           ninja install
           echo "CMAKE_PREFIX_PATH=${CMAKE_PREFIX_PATH}:${VECGEOM_PREFIX_PATH}" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+          echo "LD_LIBRARY_PATH=${LD_LIBRARY_PATH}:${VECGEOM_PREFIX_PATH}/lib" >> $GITHUB_ENV
       - name: Configure Celeritas
         env:
           CLANG_TIDY: "clang-tidy-15"
@@ -146,18 +147,22 @@ jobs:
           cmake --preset=${CMAKE_PRESET} --log-level=VERBOSE
       - name: Build all
         working-directory: build
-        continue-on-error: ${{matrix.special == 'clang-tidy' || matrix.special == 'vgsurf'}}
+        continue-on-error: ${{matrix.special == 'clang-tidy'}}
         run: |
           ninja -v -k0
       - name: Regenerate ROOT test data
-        if: ${{matrix.geant == '11.0'}}
+        if: ${{
+          matrix.geant == '11.0'
+          && matrix.special != 'minimal'
+          && matrix.special != 'vgsurf'
+         }}
         working-directory: build
         run: |
           ninja -v -k0 update-root-test-data
       - name: Run tests
         id: test
         working-directory: build
-        continue-on-error: ${{fromJSON(matrix.geant) < 11 || matrix.special == 'vgsurf'}} # TODO: fix failing tests
+        continue-on-error: ${{fromJSON(matrix.geant) < 11}}
         run: |
           if [ "${{matrix.geant}}" == "11.0" ]; then
             # Note this is ignored for geant4, float, clhep
@@ -180,7 +185,6 @@ jobs:
         if: >-
           ${{
             matrix.special != 'asanlite'
-            && matrix.special != 'vgsurf'
           }}
         run: |
           . ${SPACK_VIEW}/rc
@@ -196,13 +200,12 @@ jobs:
             celer-sim celer-g4; do
             test -x "bin/${exe}"
           done
-          ldd ./bin/celer-sim
+          ./bin/celer-sim --version
       - name: Build examples
         # TODO: ASAN requires flags downstream
         if: >-
           ${{
             matrix.special != 'asanlite'
-            && matrix.special != 'vgsurf'
           }}
         run: |
           . ${SPACK_VIEW}/rc