diff --git a/docs/source_docs/references/hpc/Bridges2.rst b/docs/source_docs/references/hpc/Bridges2.rst
index 1270c2c217191aed2c0c419a1a6bebc5bdbc3c0e..40f75b45ad40ef76a9999c8cff6153a4bee62187 100644
--- a/docs/source_docs/references/hpc/Bridges2.rst
+++ b/docs/source_docs/references/hpc/Bridges2.rst
@@ -253,7 +253,7 @@ prior to following any of the full build instructions above.
 
    .. code:: bash
 
-      git clone --depth 1 --branch v6.4 https://github.com/CGAL/cgal
+      git clone --depth 1 --branch v6.1.1 https://github.com/CGAL/cgal
       pushd cgal/
       cmake -S . -B build -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=$CSG_INSTALL_DIR
       cd build/
diff --git a/docs/source_docs/references/hpc/Crusher.rst b/docs/source_docs/references/hpc/Crusher.rst
index 1cf9886513f157efb2ba90cd76f8c1effc8f05e6..0cea1656daa191a420d2d961ba3377bc8609befc 100644
--- a/docs/source_docs/references/hpc/Crusher.rst
+++ b/docs/source_docs/references/hpc/Crusher.rst
@@ -324,7 +324,7 @@ prior to following any of the full build instructions above.
 
    .. code:: bash
 
-      git clone --depth 1 --branch v6.4 https://github.com/CGAL/cgal
+      git clone --depth 1 --branch v6.1.1 https://github.com/CGAL/cgal
       pushd cgal/
       cmake -S . -B build -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=$CSG_INSTALL_DIR
       cd build/
diff --git a/docs/source_docs/references/hpc/Delta.rst b/docs/source_docs/references/hpc/Delta.rst
index 7b269a49696e1721938ee890b2b32a69f71700b1..56fcef4a424cc8529b2a15a96ce63344e7e0b457 100644
--- a/docs/source_docs/references/hpc/Delta.rst
+++ b/docs/source_docs/references/hpc/Delta.rst
@@ -360,7 +360,7 @@ prior to following any of the full build instructions above.
 
    .. code:: bash
 
-      git clone --depth 1 --branch v6.4 https://github.com/CGAL/cgal
+      git clone --depth 1 --branch v6.1.1 https://github.com/CGAL/cgal
       pushd cgal/
       cmake -S . -B build -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=$CSG_INSTALL_DIR
       cd build/
diff --git a/docs/source_docs/references/hpc/Frontier.rst b/docs/source_docs/references/hpc/Frontier.rst
index 76125d926f8728ee076758ecb3bfd9db84100e3a..f4c3b6dd7ea73a6c1fe71c19fdd548b8181659cf 100644
--- a/docs/source_docs/references/hpc/Frontier.rst
+++ b/docs/source_docs/references/hpc/Frontier.rst
@@ -282,7 +282,7 @@ prior to following any of the full build instructions above.
 
    .. code:: bash
 
-      git clone --depth 1 --branch v6.4 https://github.com/CGAL/cgal
+      git clone --depth 1 --branch v6.1.1 https://github.com/CGAL/cgal
       pushd cgal/
       cmake -S . -B build -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=$CSG_INSTALL_DIR
       cd build/
diff --git a/docs/source_docs/references/hpc/Joule3.rst b/docs/source_docs/references/hpc/Joule3.rst
index fd7c43df0ae8a1c332cf7a37d2c9b09f789c6d65..27f9c0f072c275b045f4399ca35bb3e980647a8a 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 v1.9.0
       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 v0.9.0
       mkdir build && cd build/
       cmake -S ../src -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=$ASCENT_INSTALL_DIR \
             -DCONDUIT_DIR=$ASCENT_INSTALL_DIR \
diff --git a/docs/source_docs/references/hpc/Perlmutter.rst b/docs/source_docs/references/hpc/Perlmutter.rst
index bbc057fa4020fa52ce8db6ad8fea94c801b53302..7c49b7af16d6f1cbe70f4fc5b2b6de440a012c13 100644
--- a/docs/source_docs/references/hpc/Perlmutter.rst
+++ b/docs/source_docs/references/hpc/Perlmutter.rst
@@ -377,7 +377,7 @@ prior to following any of the full build instructions above.
 
    .. code:: bash
 
-      git clone --depth 1 --branch v6.4 https://github.com/CGAL/cgal
+      git clone --depth 1 --branch v6.1.1 https://github.com/CGAL/cgal
       pushd cgal/
       cmake -S . -B build -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=$CSG_INSTALL_DIR \
                           -DCMAKE_C_COMPILER=$(which cc) \
diff --git a/docs/source_docs/references/hpc/Polaris.rst b/docs/source_docs/references/hpc/Polaris.rst
index 4c4f7be33f6bf816bdd09c19116e665c5a46bf8c..fa0a6220759f48bd2db0e400d41ffc2aff82876a 100644
--- a/docs/source_docs/references/hpc/Polaris.rst
+++ b/docs/source_docs/references/hpc/Polaris.rst
@@ -298,7 +298,7 @@ prior to following any of the full build instructions above.
 
    .. code:: bash
 
-      git clone --depth 1 --branch v6.4 https://github.com/CGAL/cgal
+      git clone --depth 1 --branch v6.1.1 https://github.com/CGAL/cgal
       pushd cgal/
       cmake -S . -B build -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=$CSG_INSTALL_DIR
       cd build/
diff --git a/docs/source_docs/references/hpc/Summit.rst b/docs/source_docs/references/hpc/Summit.rst
index 3e33019a0577692cd31c2d0b331adb95161bf080..c5b0bc8c3202ad032255bb20a4dfce850c0dab04 100644
--- a/docs/source_docs/references/hpc/Summit.rst
+++ b/docs/source_docs/references/hpc/Summit.rst
@@ -380,7 +380,7 @@ prior to following any of the full build instructions above.
 
    .. code:: bash
 
-      git clone --depth 1 --branch v6.4 https://github.com/CGAL/cgal
+      git clone --depth 1 --branch v6.1.1 https://github.com/CGAL/cgal
       pushd cgal/
       cmake -S . -B build -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=$CSG_INSTALL_DIR
       cd build/