diff --git a/experiments/amg2023/openmp/ramble.yaml b/experiments/amg2023/openmp/ramble.yaml
index f926d042..7cf94cf1 100644
--- a/experiments/amg2023/openmp/ramble.yaml
+++ b/experiments/amg2023/openmp/ramble.yaml
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ ramble:
   software:
     packages:
       hypre-omp:
-        pkg_spec: hypre@2.31.0 +mpi+openmp+mixedint~fortran{modifier_spack_variant}
+        pkg_spec: hypre@3.1_comm_cali +mpi+openmp+mixedint~fortran{modifier_spack_variant}
         compiler: default-compiler
       amg2023-omp:
         pkg_spec: amg2023@develop +mpi+openmp{modifier_spack_variant}
diff --git a/experiments/osu-micro-benchmarks/mpi-only/ramble.yaml b/experiments/osu-micro-benchmarks/mpi-only/ramble.yaml
index f30a5b49..654e27cf 100644
--- a/experiments/osu-micro-benchmarks/mpi-only/ramble.yaml
+++ b/experiments/osu-micro-benchmarks/mpi-only/ramble.yaml
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ ramble:
   software:
     packages:
       osu-micro-benchmarks:
-        pkg_spec: osu-micro-benchmarks
+        pkg_spec: osu-micro-benchmarks@comm_cali +mpi+openmp{modifier_spack_variant}
         compiler: default-compiler
     environments:
       osu-micro-benchmarks:
diff --git a/modifiers/caliper-mpi/modifier.py b/modifiers/caliper-mpi/modifier.py
index f742cd87..5c1130d6 100644
--- a/modifiers/caliper-mpi/modifier.py
+++ b/modifiers/caliper-mpi/modifier.py
@@ -21,9 +21,7 @@ class CaliperMpi(CaliperBase):
 
     env_var_modification(
         "CALI_CONFIG",
-        "spot(output={},profile.mpi,mpi.message.size,mpi.message.count)".format(
-            _cali_datafile
-        ),
+        "spot(output={},profile.mpi,comm.stats)".format(_cali_datafile),
         method="set",
         modes=["mpi"],
     )
diff --git a/repo/amg2023/package.py b/repo/amg2023/package.py
index 0d512aee..bcbe2a61 100644
--- a/repo/amg2023/package.py
+++ b/repo/amg2023/package.py
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ class Amg2023(CMakePackage, CudaPackage, ROCmPackage):
     depends_on("caliper", when="+caliper")
     depends_on("adiak", when="+caliper")
     depends_on("hypre+caliper", when="+caliper")
-    depends_on("hypre@2.31.0:")
+    depends_on("hypre@3.1_comm_cali")     #depends_on("hypre@2.31.0:")
     depends_on("hypre+cuda", when="+cuda")
     requires("+cuda", when="^hypre+cuda")
     depends_on("hypre+rocm", when="+rocm")
diff --git a/repo/hypre/package.py b/repo/hypre/package.py
index 31613bcd..e0c01a99 100644
--- a/repo/hypre/package.py
+++ b/repo/hypre/package.py
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ class Hypre(BuiltinHypre):
         "gcc": "gnu",
     }
 
+    version("3.1_comm_cali", branch="comm_cali", submodules=False, git="https://github.com/gracenansamba/hypre.git")
     def configure_args(self):
         configure_args = super().configure_args()