diff --git a/.github/workflows/aqlprofile-continuous_integration.yml b/.github/workflows/aqlprofile-continuous_integration.yml
index 8af44fe938..bb9aea6ced 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/aqlprofile-continuous_integration.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/aqlprofile-continuous_integration.yml
@@ -10,12 +10,14 @@ on:
       - '!projects/aqlprofile/*.md'
       - '!projects/aqlprofile/CODEOWNERS'
       - '!projects/aqlprofile/source/docs/**'
+      - '.github/workflows/aqlprofile-continuous_integration.yml'
   pull_request:
     paths:
       - 'projects/aqlprofile/**'
       - '!projects/aqlprofile/*.md'
       - '!projects/aqlprofile/CODEOWNERS'
       - '!projects/aqlprofile/source/docs/**'
+      - '.github/workflows/aqlprofile-continuous_integration.yml'
 
 concurrency:
   group: ${{ github.workflow }}-${{ github.ref }}
@@ -106,7 +108,7 @@ jobs:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
         runner: ['mi300']
-        os: ['rhel-8', 'sles-15']
+        os: ['rhel-9', 'sles-15']
         build-type: ['RelWithDebInfo']
         ci-flags: ['--linter clang-tidy']
 
diff --git a/.github/workflows/rocprofiler-sdk-continuous_integration.yml b/.github/workflows/rocprofiler-sdk-continuous_integration.yml
index ee6329625f..334a4c813e 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/rocprofiler-sdk-continuous_integration.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/rocprofiler-sdk-continuous_integration.yml
@@ -202,7 +202,7 @@ jobs:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
         runner: ['mi300']
-        os: ['rhel-8', 'sles-15']
+        os: ['rhel-9', 'sles-15']
         build-type: ['RelWithDebInfo']
         ci-flags: ['']
 
@@ -225,11 +225,10 @@ jobs:
       working-directory: projects/rocprofiler-sdk
       run: |
         git config --global --add safe.directory '*'
-        if [ "${OS_TYPE}" == "rhel-8" ]; then
+        if [ "${OS_TYPE}" == "rhel-9" ]; then
           dnf makecache
           dnf groupinstall -y "Development Tools"
-          dnf remove -y gcc-c++
-          dnf install -y gcc-toolset-11-gcc-c++ llvm14-devel
+          dnf install -y llvm14-devel
         fi
         python3 -m pip install --upgrade pip
         python3 -m pip install -U --user -r requirements.txt
@@ -258,7 +257,6 @@ jobs:
       shell: bash
       working-directory: projects/rocprofiler-sdk
       run:
-        if [ "${OS_TYPE}" == "rhel-8" ]; then source scl_source enable gcc-toolset-11; fi;
         /usr/bin/python3 ./source/scripts/run-ci.py -B build
           --name ${{ github.repository }}-${{ github.ref_name }}-${{ matrix.os }}-${{ matrix.runner }}-core
           --build-jobs 16
diff --git a/projects/rocprofiler-sdk/source/lib/python/rocpd/summary.py b/projects/rocprofiler-sdk/source/lib/python/rocpd/summary.py
index e9295cb638..816b50b263 100644
--- a/projects/rocprofiler-sdk/source/lib/python/rocpd/summary.py
+++ b/projects/rocprofiler-sdk/source/lib/python/rocpd/summary.py
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
 
 import argparse
 import os
+import math
 
 from typing import Any, List, Tuple
 from .importer import RocpdImportData, execute_statement
@@ -32,6 +33,28 @@ from .query import export_sqlite_query
 from . import output_config
 
 
+def check_function_availability(connection, function_name):
+    """
+    Checks if a given function exists in the SQLite database.
+
+    Args:
+        connection (sqlite3 db connection): The SQLite database connection handler.
+        function_name (str): The name of the function to check.
+
+    Returns:
+        bool: True if the function exists, False otherwise.
+    """
+    cursor = connection.cursor()
+
+    # Query pragma_function_list to check for the function
+    cursor.execute(
+        "SELECT EXISTS(SELECT 1 FROM pragma_function_list WHERE name=?)", (function_name,)
+    )
+    result = cursor.fetchone()[0]
+
+    return bool(result)
+
+
 def get_temp_view_names(connection: RocpdImportData) -> List[str]:
     """Return the names of all temporary views in the SQLite connection."""
     return [
@@ -374,6 +397,17 @@ def generate_all_summaries(connection: RocpdImportData, **kwargs: Any) -> None:
     region_categories = kwargs.get("region_categories", None)
     output_format = kwargs.get("format", "console")
 
+    if not check_function_availability(connection, "sqrt"):
+        connection.create_function(
+            "sqrt",
+            1,
+            lambda x: (
+                math.sqrt(x)
+                if x is not None and isinstance(x, (int, float)) and x >= 0
+                else None
+            ),
+        )
+
     # create the temporary summary views
     create_summary_views(connection, by_rank)
     create_summary_region_views(connection, by_rank, region_categories=region_categories)