diff --git a/src/tools/GNUmakefile b/src/tools/GNUmakefile
index 5a72d78b2f..05a7251b40 100644
--- a/src/tools/GNUmakefile
+++ b/src/tools/GNUmakefile
@@ -618,7 +618,7 @@ ifdef USE_GAGITHUB
 	GET_TOOLS=./get-tools-github
   ifdef USE_GA_RELEASE
     ifndef GA_RELEASE_NO
-      GA_RELEASE_NO=5.8.2
+      GA_RELEASE_NO=5.9
     endif
     GA_DIR=ga-$(GA_RELEASE_NO)
   else
diff --git a/src/tools/gasparse_patch.sh b/src/tools/gasparse_patch.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..f6ca72d661
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/tools/gasparse_patch.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+rm -f gasparse.patch
+cat > gasparse.patch <<EOF
+--- $1/global/src/sparse.array.c
++++ $1/global/src/sparse.array.c
+@@ -2738,7 +2738,7 @@
+   /* Set up global arrays to hold distributed indices and non-zero values */
+   {
+     int64_t isize = (rowdim+1)*nblocks;
+-    int64_t totalsize = 0;
++    Integer totalsize = 0;
+     Integer ndim = 1;
+     Integer *offset = (Integer*)malloc(nprocs*sizeof(Integer));
+     Integer *tmp = (Integer*)malloc(nprocs*sizeof(Integer));
+EOF
+patch -p0 -s -N < gasparse.patch
+echo gasparse.patch applied
diff --git a/src/tools/get-tools-github b/src/tools/get-tools-github
index 4735811aab..07ccc52280 100755
--- a/src/tools/get-tools-github
+++ b/src/tools/get-tools-github
@@ -76,8 +76,8 @@ TOOLGIT=`which git`
 CONFIG=$NWCHEM_TOP/src/config/makefile.h
 if test "x$DEV_GA" != x
 then
-    GA_DIR=ga-5.8.2
-    GA_BRANCH=hotfix/5.8.2
+    GA_DIR=ga-5.9
+    GA_BRANCH=5.9
 fi
 if test "x$GA_BRANCH" = x 
 then
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ if test "x$USE_GA_RELEASE" != x
 then
     if test "x$GA_RELEASE_NO" = x
     then
-	GA_RELEASE_NO=5.8.2
+	GA_RELEASE_NO=5.9
     fi
     GA_DIR=ga-"$GA_RELEASE_NO"
     if [ ! -f ga-"$GA_RELEASE_NO".tar.gz ]; then
@@ -147,8 +147,8 @@ else
 	    GA_DIR=`echo $GA_DIR0 | sed -e 's/\//_/g'`
 	fi
     else
-	GA_DIR=ga-5.8.2
-	GA_BRANCH=hotfix/5.8.2
+	GA_DIR=ga-5.9
+	GA_BRANCH=5.9
     fi
 fi
 if test "x$GA_URL" != x
@@ -200,19 +200,11 @@ if [[  -z "${CC}" ]]; then
     CC=cc
 fi
 GOTMINGW64=` $CC -dM -E - </dev/null 2> /dev/null |grep MINGW64|cut -c21 `
-if [[ -d "ga-5.8.2" ]]; then
-    if [[ ! -f "ga-5.8.2/patched581" ]]; then
-	./gamalloc_patch.sh $GA_DIR
-	./peigstubs_patch.sh $GA_DIR
-	./mpipr-too-many_patch.sh $GA_DIR
-	./ga_ma_align_patch.sh $GA_DIR
-	./scalapacki4_patch.sh $GA_DIR
-	./ga_diag_seg_i4_patch.sh $GA_DIR
-	if [ $(uname -s) != "Darwin" ]; then
-	    ./autoconf_patch.sh $GA_DIR
-	fi
+if [[ -d "ga-5.9" ]]; then
+    if [[ ! -f "ga-5.9/patched59" ]]; then
+	./gasparse_patch.sh $GA_DIR
 	echo patched
-	touch ga-5.8.2/patched581
+	touch ga-59/patched59
     fi
 fi
 #if [ ! -z "$GOTMINGW64" ]
diff --git a/travis/build_env.sh b/travis/build_env.sh
index 106c65728c..2379590df8 100755
--- a/travis/build_env.sh
+++ b/travis/build_env.sh
@@ -267,7 +267,7 @@ if [[ "$os" == "Linux" ]]; then
 	fi
 	if [[ "$FC" == "amdflang" ]]; then
 	    $MYSUDO apt-get install -y wget gnupg2 coreutils dialog tzdata
-	    rocm_version=5.6.1
+	    rocm_version=6.2.4
 	    tries=0 ; until [ "$tries" -ge 10 ] ; do \
 	    wget -q -O - https://repo.radeon.com/rocm/rocm.gpg.key |  $MYSUDO apt-key add - \
 		&& break ; \