diff --git a/docker/tpl-ubuntu-clang.Dockerfile b/docker/tpl-ubuntu-clang.Dockerfile
index 55094101..727ae9d7 100644
--- a/docker/tpl-ubuntu-clang.Dockerfile
+++ b/docker/tpl-ubuntu-clang.Dockerfile
@@ -113,11 +113,16 @@ RUN DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive TZ=America/Los_Angeles \
     python3-dev \
     python3-sphinx \
     python3-mpi4py \
-    python3-scipy \
     python3-virtualenv \
     python3-matplotlib \
     python3-venv \
     python3-pytest
 
+# Remove older scipy/numpy and re-install newer scipy/numpy through pip
+# (matplotlib needs to be reinstalled as well)
+RUN apt remove -y python3-numpy python3-scipy && \
+    python3 -m pip install --upgrade pip && \
+    python3 -m pip install scipy matplotlib
+
 RUN --mount=src=.,dst=$SRC_DIR $SRC_DIR/docker/install-sccache.sh
 ENV SCCACHE=/opt/sccache/bin/sccache
diff --git a/docker/tpl-ubuntu-gcc.Dockerfile b/docker/tpl-ubuntu-gcc.Dockerfile
index 736ca370..cbb43cb7 100644
--- a/docker/tpl-ubuntu-gcc.Dockerfile
+++ b/docker/tpl-ubuntu-gcc.Dockerfile
@@ -136,8 +136,8 @@ COPY --from=tpl_toolchain /spack-generated.cmake /
 
 # Any tool specific to building GEOSX shall be installed in this stage.
 RUN DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive TZ=America/Los_Angeles \
-     apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends \
-     openssh-client \
+    apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends \
+    openssh-client \
 # `ca-certificates` is needed by `sccache` to download the cached compilations.
     ca-certificates \
     curl \
@@ -148,7 +148,19 @@ RUN DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive TZ=America/Los_Angeles \
     libxml2-utils \
     git \
     ghostscript \
-    ninja-build
+    ninja-build \
+    python3-dev \
+    python3-mpi4py \
+    python3-virtualenv \
+    python3-matplotlib \
+    python3-venv \
+    python3-pytest
+
+# Remove older scipy/numpy and re-install newer scipy/numpy through pip
+# (matplotlib needs to be reinstalled as well)
+RUN apt remove -y python3-numpy python3-scipy && \
+    python3 -m pip install --upgrade pip && \
+    python3 -m pip install scipy matplotlib
 
 # Install `sccache` binaries to speed up the build of `geos`
 RUN --mount=src=.,dst=$SRC_DIR $SRC_DIR/docker/install-sccache.sh
diff --git a/scripts/spack_packages/packages/geosx/package.py b/scripts/spack_packages/packages/geosx/package.py
index 1e40d064..be020263 100644
--- a/scripts/spack_packages/packages/geosx/package.py
+++ b/scripts/spack_packages/packages/geosx/package.py
@@ -595,6 +595,7 @@ def geos_hostconfig(self, spec, prefix, py_site_pkgs_dir=None):
 
             if '+pygeosx' in spec:
                 cfg.write(cmake_cache_option('ENABLE_PYGEOSX', True))
+                cfg.write(cmake_cache_option('ENABLE_PYLVARRAY', True))
             else:
                 cfg.write(cmake_cache_option('ENABLE_PYGEOSX', False))