diff --git a/.github/workflows/cross_compile.yml b/.github/workflows/cross_compile.yml
index 549320b..1d497fe 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/cross_compile.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/cross_compile.yml
@@ -144,7 +144,7 @@ jobs:
             grep FROM Dockerfile
             fi
       - name: build_schedule
-        uses: docker/build-push-action@v5
+        uses: docker/build-push-action@v6
         with:
           push: ${{ github.actor == github.repository_owner }}
           provenance: false
diff --git a/.github/workflows/multiple_actions.yml b/.github/workflows/multiple_actions.yml
index 7249594..5ab3f02 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/multiple_actions.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/multiple_actions.yml
@@ -163,7 +163,7 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           echo "date=$(TZ=America/Los_Angeles date +%Y%m%d_%H%M%S)" >>  $GITHUB_ENV
       - name: build_filter
-        uses: docker/build-push-action@v5
+        uses: docker/build-push-action@v6
         with:
           push: ${{ github.actor == github.repository_owner }}
           provenance: false
@@ -330,7 +330,7 @@ jobs:
             echo "GITHUB_ENV" `cat $GITHUB_ENV`
             echo " tag " ${{ env.tag }}
       - name: build_schedule
-        uses: docker/build-push-action@v5
+        uses: docker/build-push-action@v6
         with:
           push: ${{ github.actor == github.repository_owner }}
           provenance: false
diff --git a/.github/workflows/nwchem-dev.gpu.yml b/.github/workflows/nwchem-dev.gpu.yml
index 8e249fa..dcdec32 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/nwchem-dev.gpu.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/nwchem-dev.gpu.yml
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ jobs:
           username: ${{ github.actor }}
           password: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
       - name: build_schedule
-        uses: docker/build-push-action@v5
+        uses: docker/build-push-action@v6
         with:
           push: ${{ github.actor == github.repository_owner }}
           shm-size: 256m
diff --git a/.github/workflows/nwchem-dev.qc.yml b/.github/workflows/nwchem-dev.qc.yml
index 462dfb4..f5c1085 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/nwchem-dev.qc.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/nwchem-dev.qc.yml
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ jobs:
           echo "::set-output name=arch::$(echo ${{matrix.archs }} | sed 's/linux//'|sed  's/\///g' )"
         shell: bash
       - name: build_schedule
-        uses: docker/build-push-action@v5
+        uses: docker/build-push-action@v6
         with:
           push: ${{ github.actor == github.repository_owner }}
           context: ${{ matrix.folder }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/nwchem-podman.yml b/.github/workflows/nwchem-podman.yml
index 797d3fc..4c9db84 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/nwchem-podman.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/nwchem-podman.yml
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           echo "date=$(TZ=America/Los_Angeles date +%Y%m%d_%H%M%S)" >> $GITHUB_ENV
       - name: build_docker
-        uses: docker/build-push-action@v5
+        uses: docker/build-push-action@v6
         with:
           push: ${{ github.actor == github.repository_owner }}
           context: ${{ matrix.folder }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/nwchem-shifter.yml b/.github/workflows/nwchem-shifter.yml
index 9f7ab75..d518dc6 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/nwchem-shifter.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/nwchem-shifter.yml
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ jobs:
           echo "date is $tag_date"
           echo "date=$tag_date" >> $GITHUB_ENV
       - name: build_docker
-        uses: docker/build-push-action@v5
+        uses: docker/build-push-action@v6
         with:
           push: ${{ github.actor == github.repository_owner }}
           context: ${{ matrix.folder }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/ppc64le_xlf.yml b/.github/workflows/ppc64le_xlf.yml
index 54d1723..36edbb2 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ppc64le_xlf.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ppc64le_xlf.yml
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ jobs:
           fi
         shell: bash
       - name: build_schedule
-        uses: docker/build-push-action@v5
+        uses: docker/build-push-action@v6
         with:
           push: ${{ github.actor == github.repository_owner }}
           context: ${{ matrix.folder }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/tamm-shifter.yml b/.github/workflows/tamm-shifter.yml
index cf0aab4..8689e52 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/tamm-shifter.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/tamm-shifter.yml
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           echo "date=$(TZ=America/Los_Angeles date +%Y%m%d_%H%M%S)" >> $GITHUB_ENV
       - name: build_docker
-        uses: docker/build-push-action@v5
+        uses: docker/build-push-action@v6
         with:
           push: ${{ github.actor == github.repository_owner }}
           context: ${{ matrix.folder }}
diff --git a/nwchem-dev.mpipr.nersc_podman.mpich4/Dockerfile b/nwchem-dev.mpipr.nersc_podman.mpich4/Dockerfile
index 37fb235..a761a0d 100644
--- a/nwchem-dev.mpipr.nersc_podman.mpich4/Dockerfile
+++ b/nwchem-dev.mpipr.nersc_podman.mpich4/Dockerfile
@@ -196,5 +196,5 @@ ENV         FFIELD=amber \
 #clean unnecessary packages
 #RUN         apt-get -y remove  make curl  unzip cmake   &&  apt-get -y autoremove && apt-get clean
 
-WORKDIR     /data
-ENTRYPOINT  ["mpirun","-np","3","nwchem"]
+#WORKDIR     /data
+#ENTRYPOINT  ["mpirun","-np","3","nwchem"]