diff --git a/docs/source_docs/references/hpc/Joule3.rst b/docs/source_docs/references/hpc/Joule3.rst
index fd7c43df0ae8a1c332cf7a37d2c9b09f789c6d65..351f700da021fe7dfa6adadbeaab6316eb3031a2 100644
--- a/docs/source_docs/references/hpc/Joule3.rst
+++ b/docs/source_docs/references/hpc/Joule3.rst
@@ -317,7 +317,7 @@ prior to following any of the full build instructions above.
 
          .. code:: bash
 
-            git clone https://github.com/hypre-space/hypre.git
+            git clone --branch v2.26.0 https://github.com/hypre-space/hypre.git
             pushd hypre/src/
             ./configure --prefix=$HYPRE_INSTALL_DIR --with-MPI
             make -j8 install
@@ -347,7 +347,7 @@ prior to following any of the full build instructions above.
 
    .. code:: bash
 
-      git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/catchorg/Catch2
+      git clone --depth 1 --branch v3.11.0  https://github.com/catchorg/Catch2
       pushd Catch2/
       cmake -S . -B build -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=$CSG_INSTALL_DIR
       cd build/
@@ -380,7 +380,7 @@ prior to following any of the full build instructions above.
 
    .. code:: bash
 
-      git clone --depth 1  https://github.com/CGAL/cgal
+      git clone --depth 1  --branch v6.4  https://github.com/CGAL/cgal
       pushd cgal/
       cmake -S . -B build -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=$CSG_INSTALL_DIR
       cd build/
@@ -392,7 +392,7 @@ prior to following any of the full build instructions above.
 
    .. code:: bash
 
-      git clone  https://github.com/taocpp/PEGTL
+      git clone --branch 3.2.8 https://github.com/taocpp/PEGTL
       pushd PEGTL/
       cmake -S . -B build -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=$CSG_INSTALL_DIR
       cd build/
@@ -441,6 +441,7 @@ prior to following any of the full build instructions above.
 
       git clone --recursive https://github.com/LLNL/conduit.git
       pushd conduit/
+      git checkout v0.8.6
       mkdir build && cd build
       cmake -S ../src -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=$ASCENT_INSTALL_DIR \
             -DENABLE_OPENMP=OFF \
@@ -456,6 +457,7 @@ prior to following any of the full build instructions above.
 
       git clone --branch master https://gitlab.kitware.com/vtk/vtk-m.git
       pushd vtk-m/
+      git checkout v0.9.0
       mkdir build && cd build/
       cmake -S ../ -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=$ASCENT_INSTALL_DIR \
             -DVTKm_ENABLE_OPENMP=OFF \
@@ -475,6 +477,7 @@ prior to following any of the full build instructions above.
 
       git clone --recursive https://github.com/Alpine-DAV/ascent.git
       pushd ascent
+      git checkout v1.9.0
       mkdir build && cd build/
       cmake -S ../src -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=$ASCENT_INSTALL_DIR \
             -DCONDUIT_DIR=$ASCENT_INSTALL_DIR \