diff --git a/projects/hip/.jenkins/Jenkinsfile b/projects/hip/.jenkins/Jenkinsfile
index 54d9433136..a7f808603c 100644
--- a/projects/hip/.jenkins/Jenkinsfile
+++ b/projects/hip/.jenkins/Jenkinsfile
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ def hipBuildTest(String backendLabel) {
                     set -x
                     # Check if backend label contains string "amd" or backend host is a server with amd gpu
                     if [[ $backendLabel =~ amd ]]; then
-                        LLVM_PATH=/opt/rocm/llvm make test
+                        LLVM_PATH=/opt/rocm/llvm ctest -E 'saxpy.tst|hiprtcGetLoweredName.tst'
                     else
                         make test
                     fi
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ def hipBuildTest(String backendLabel) {
                     set -x
                     # Check if backend label contains string "amd" or backend host is a server with amd gpu
                     if [[ $backendLabel =~ amd ]]; then
-                        LLVM_PATH=/opt/rocm/llvm make test
+                        LLVM_PATH=/opt/rocm/llvm ctest -E 'Unit_hiprtc_saxpy'
                     else
                         make test
                     fi
diff --git a/projects/hip/bin/hipvars.pm b/projects/hip/bin/hipvars.pm
index 4d79262ea0..961f45bb68 100644
--- a/projects/hip/bin/hipvars.pm
+++ b/projects/hip/bin/hipvars.pm
@@ -25,8 +25,8 @@ use Getopt::Long;
 use Cwd;
 use File::Basename;
 
-$HIP_BASE_VERSION_MAJOR = "4";
-$HIP_BASE_VERSION_MINOR = "4";
+$HIP_BASE_VERSION_MAJOR = "5";
+$HIP_BASE_VERSION_MINOR = "0";
 $HIP_BASE_VERSION_PATCH = "0";
 
 #---