diff --git a/.github/workflows/cache-dependencies.yml b/.github/workflows/cache-dependencies.yml
index 54a278c4e..7648fdfda 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/cache-dependencies.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/cache-dependencies.yml
@@ -50,7 +50,6 @@ jobs:
         with:
           path: |
             /usr/share/miniconda3/envs/saltproc-env
-            ~/openmc_src
             ~/endfb71_hdf5
             ~/.cache/pip
           key: depcache-${{ hashFiles('environment.yml') }}-${{ env.DATE }}-${{ env.CACHE_NUMBER }}
@@ -64,27 +63,6 @@ jobs:
         if: steps.dependencies-cache.outputs.cache-hit != 'true'
         run: $GITHUB_WORKSPACE/scripts/ci/openmc-xs.bash
       
-      - name: OpenMC dependencies
-        run: |
-          sudo apt -y update
-          sudo apt install -y libhdf5-dev
-
-      - name: Download OpenMC
-        if: steps.dependencies-cache.outputs.cache-hit != 'true'
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
-        with: 
-          repository: openmc-dev/openmc
-          path: openmc
-          submodules: recursive
-          
-      - name: Build OpenMC from source if no cache if found
-        if: steps.dependencies-cache.outputs.cache-hit != 'true'
-        run: $GITHUB_WORKSPACE/tools/ci/build-openmc.sh
-
-      - name: Restore OpenMC source build from cache
-        if: steps.dependencies-cache.outputs.cache-hit == 'true'
-        run: $GITHUB_WORKSPACE/tools/ci/restore-openmc.sh
-          
       - name: Install SaltProc
         run: pip install .
 
@@ -128,20 +106,6 @@ jobs:
         run: mamba env update -n saltproc-doc-env -f doc/doc-environment.yml
         if: steps.dependencies-cache.outputs.cache-hit != 'true'
 
-      - name: Download OpenMC
-        if: steps.dependencies-cache.outputs.cache-hit != 'true'
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
-        with: 
-          repository: openmc-dev/openmc
-          path: openmc
-
-      - name: Build OpenMC API
-        if: steps.dependencies-cache.outputs.cache-hit != 'true'
-        run: |
-          cd openmc
-          pip install .
-          cd ../
-
       - name: Install SaltProc
         run: pip install .
 
diff --git a/.github/workflows/test-saltproc.yml b/.github/workflows/test-saltproc.yml
index ee046b932..46dba4454 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test-saltproc.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test-saltproc.yml
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ on:
   workflow_dispatch:
 
 env:
-  CACHE_NUMBER: 6 #change to manually reset cache
+  CACHE_NUMBER: 0 #change to manually reset cache
 
 jobs:
   test-saltproc:
diff --git a/environment.yml b/environment.yml
index 43a6e84cd..11d846d13 100644
--- a/environment.yml
+++ b/environment.yml
@@ -1,8 +1,10 @@
-name: saltproc-env
+name: saltproc-env-test
 channels:
   - conda-forge
   - defaults
 dependencies:
+  - python<3.12
+  - openmc
   - numpy
   - pytables
   - networkx
@@ -10,5 +12,5 @@ dependencies:
   - pytest
   - jsonschema
   - pip:
-    - serpentTools
-    - argparse==1.4.0
+    - git+https://github.com/CORE-GATECH-GROUP/serpent-tools.git
+    - argparse
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 60e68107a..a4fefd60f 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -6,4 +6,4 @@ openmc
 pytables
 networkx
 pydot
-serpentTools
+git+https://github.com/CORE-GATECH-GROUP/serpent-tools.git