diff --git a/acts.spec b/acts.spec
index a8c714874b1..39696851b2d 100644
--- a/acts.spec
+++ b/acts.spec
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 ### RPM external acts v44.0.1
+## INITENV +PATH PYTHON3PATH %{i}/python
 ## INCLUDE microarch_flags
 ## INCLUDE cuda-flags
 ## INCLUDE rocm-flags
@@ -10,27 +11,33 @@
 Source: git+https://github.com/%{github_user}/%{n}.git?obj=%{branch}/%{tag}&export=%{n}-%{realversion}&output=/%{n}-%{realversion}-%{tag}.tgz
 Source99: scram-tools.file/tools/eigen/env
 
-# Do not build the Acts and Traccc tests
-%define build_test 0
+# Build the Acts and Traccc tests
+%define build_test 1
 
 BuildRequires: cmake
+BuildRequires: gmake
 Requires: boost
-Requires: bz2lib
 Requires: dd4hep
 Requires: eigen
 Requires: expat
+Requires: fastjet
 Requires: geant4
 Requires: json
 Requires: python3
+Requires: py3-pybind11
 Requires: root
 Requires: xerces-c
-Requires: zlib
 %{!?without_cuda:Requires: cuda}
 %{!?without_rocm:Requires: rocm}
 %if %{build_test}
 # These are ony used to build the examples and unit tests
 Requires: hepmc3
 Requires: tbb
+# These are used through hepmc3, and need to be available to CMake
+Requires: bz2lib
+Requires: zlib
+Requires: zstd
+Requires: xz
 %endif
 
 %prep
@@ -63,7 +70,7 @@ cmake ../%{n}-%{realversion} \
   -DCMAKE_SKIP_INSTALL_RPATH="ON" \
 %if 0%{!?without_cuda:1}
   -DCMAKE_CUDA_ARCHITECTURES="$(echo %{cuda_arch} | sed -e 's/ \+/;/g')" \
-  -DCMAKE_CUDA_FLAGS="-Wno-deprecated-gpu-targets --threads 0" \
+  -DCMAKE_CUDA_FLAGS="-Wno-deprecated-gpu-targets" \
 %endif
 %if 0%{!?without_rocm:1}
   -DCMAKE_HIP_ARCHITECTURES="$(echo %{rocm_archs} | sed -e 's/ \+/;/g')" \
@@ -72,13 +79,16 @@ cmake ../%{n}-%{realversion} \
   -DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS="ON" \
   -DACTS_NLOHMANNJSON_SOURCE="" \
   -DACTS_USE_SYSTEM_NLOHMANN_JSON="ON" \
+  -DACTS_USE_SYSTEM_PYBIND11="ON" \
   -DACTS_BUILD_PLUGIN_ACTSVG="ON" \
+  -DACTS_BUILD_PLUGIN_FASTJET="ON" \
   -DACTS_BUILD_PLUGIN_JSON="ON" \
   -DACTS_BUILD_PLUGIN_ROOT="ON" \
   -DACTS_BUILD_PLUGIN_DD4HEP="ON" \
   -DACTS_BUILD_PLUGIN_GEANT4="ON" \
   -DACTS_BUILD_PLUGIN_TRACCC="ON" \
   -DACTS_ENABLE_LOG_FAILURE_THRESHOLD="ON" \
+  -DACTSVG_USE_SYSTEM_PYBIND11="ON" \
   -DCOVFIE_PLATFORM_CPU="ON" \
   -DCOVFIE_PLATFORM_CUDA="%{cuda_enabled}" \
   -DCOVFIE_PLATFORM_HIP="%{rocm_enabled}" \
@@ -110,12 +120,6 @@ make %{makeprocesses} VERBOSE=1
 cd ../build
 make install VERBOSE=1
 
-%if %{build_test}
-# download the traccc test data file to the .../data directory
-mkdir -p %{i}/data
-./_deps/traccc-src/data/traccc_data_get_files.sh -o %{i}/data
-%endif
-
 # remove the scripts used to set the Acts environment variables
 rm %{i}/bin/this_acts.sh
 rm %{i}/bin/this_acts_withdeps.sh
diff --git a/actsdata.spec b/actsdata.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..f3ee1a3afb1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/actsdata.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+### RPM external actsdata v10
+## NOCOMPILER
+
+%define archive traccc-data-%{realversion}.tar.gz
+Source: https://acts.web.cern.ch/traccc/data/%{archive} 
+
+%prep
+
+%build
+
+%install
+cp %{SOURCE0} %{i}/%{archive}
+
+%post
+LOCAL_PKG=${RPM_INSTALL_PREFIX}/%{pkgrel}
+SHARE_PKG=${RPM_INSTALL_PREFIX}/share/%{pkgcategory}/%{n}/%{realversion}
+if ! [ -d ${SHARE_PKG} ]; then
+  mkdir -p ${SHARE_PKG}
+  tar xvzf ${LOCAL_PKG}/%{archive} -C ${SHARE_PKG}
+fi
+rm -f ${LOCAL_PKG}/%{archive}
+cd ${LOCAL_PKG}/
+ln -s ../../../../share/%{pkgcategory}/%{n}/%{realversion}/* .
diff --git a/cmssw-tools.spec b/cmssw-tools.spec
index d0241192e1a..87fd0bed258 100644
--- a/cmssw-tools.spec
+++ b/cmssw-tools.spec
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ Requires: TOPO
 Requires: CICADA
 Requires: OpenBLAS
 Requires: acts
+Requires: actsdata
 %if %{enable_vecgeom}
 Requires: celeritas
 %endif
diff --git a/scram-tools.file/tools/acts/acts-fastjet.xml b/scram-tools.file/tools/acts/acts-fastjet.xml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..2d96978fe07
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scram-tools.file/tools/acts/acts-fastjet.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+<tool name="@TOOL_FILENAME@" version="@TOOL_VERSION@" revision="1">
+  <info url="https://acts.readthedocs.io/en/latest/plugins/plugins.html"/>
+  <lib name="ActsPluginFastJet"/>
+  <use name="acts-core"/>
+  <use name="fastjet"/>
+</tool>
diff --git a/scram-tools.file/tools/actsdata/actsdata.xml b/scram-tools.file/tools/actsdata/actsdata.xml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..83240a4a9ef
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scram-tools.file/tools/actsdata/actsdata.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+<tool name="@TOOL_FILENAME@" version="@TOOL_VERSION@" revision="1">
+  <!-- set the environment for the Traccc test data -->
+  <info url="https://github.com/acts-project/traccc/"/>
+  <client>
+    <environment name="@TOOL_BASE@" default="@TOOL_ROOT@"/>
+  </client>
+  <runtime name="TRACCC_TEST_DATA_DIR" value="$@TOOL_BASE@"/>
+</tool>