diff --git a/.gitlab/gitlab-ci-frontier.yml b/.gitlab/gitlab-ci-frontier.yml
index abff467f37..c68377f7f0 100644
--- a/.gitlab/gitlab-ci-frontier.yml
+++ b/.gitlab/gitlab-ci-frontier.yml
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ stages:
       PrgEnv-gnu
       gcc-native/12
       craype-accel-amd-gfx90a
-      rocm/5.4.3
+      rocm/5.7.1
       cmake
       git
       ninja
@@ -111,10 +111,10 @@ stages:
 
 setup:frontier-kokkos-hip:
   variables:
-    KOKKOS_VER: 3.7.01
+    KOKKOS_VER: 4.4.01
     KOKKOS_OPTS: >-
       -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX:PATH=$Kokkos_DIR
-      -DCMAKE_CXX_COMPILER:FILEPATH=/opt/rocm-5.4.3/hip/bin/hipcc
+      -DCMAKE_CXX_COMPILER:FILEPATH=/opt/rocm-5.7.1/hip/bin/hipcc
       -DKokkos_ARCH_VEGA90A:BOOL=ON
       -DKokkos_ENABLE_HIP:BOOL=ON
       -DKokkos_ENABLE_HIP_RELOCATABLE_DEVICE_CODE:BOOL=OFF
diff --git a/testing/adios2/CMakeLists.txt b/testing/adios2/CMakeLists.txt
index f6ff7c0afd..75333117f3 100644
--- a/testing/adios2/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/testing/adios2/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -21,3 +21,7 @@ endif()
 if (ADIOS2_HAVE_Python)
 add_subdirectory(python)
 endif()
+
+if(ADIOS2_HAVE_Kokkos)
+add_subdirectory(gpu-backend)
+endif()
diff --git a/testing/adios2/engine/bp/CMakeLists.txt b/testing/adios2/engine/bp/CMakeLists.txt
index b17438bdfb..dbbce8540c 100644
--- a/testing/adios2/engine/bp/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/testing/adios2/engine/bp/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -278,13 +278,3 @@ gtest_add_tests_helper(StepsInSituGlobalArray MPI_ALLOW BP Engine.BP. .FileStrea
 gtest_add_tests_helper(StepsInSituLocalArray MPI_ALLOW BP Engine.BP. .FileStream
   WORKING_DIRECTORY ${FS_DIR} EXTRA_ARGS "FileStream"
 )
-
-if(ADIOS2_HAVE_Kokkos)
-    gtest_add_tests_helper(WriteReadKokkos MPI_ALLOW BP Engine.BP. .BP5
-    WORKING_DIRECTORY ${BP5_DIR} EXTRA_ARGS "BP5"
-  )
-
-  foreach(tgt ${Test.Engine.BP.WriteReadKokkos-TARGETS})
-    target_link_libraries(${tgt} Kokkos::kokkos)
-  endforeach()
-endif()
diff --git a/testing/adios2/gpu-backend/CMakeLists.txt b/testing/adios2/gpu-backend/CMakeLists.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e3270bc6a2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/testing/adios2/gpu-backend/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+# ------------------------------------------------------------------------------#
+# Distributed under the OSI-approved Apache License, Version 2.0.  See
+# accompanying file Copyright.txt for details.
+# ------------------------------------------------------------------------------#
+set(CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD 17)
+set(CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD_REQUIRED ON)
+if(DEFINED Kokkos_CXX_COMPILER)
+  set(CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER "${Kokkos_CXX_COMPILER}")
+endif()
+
+gtest_add_tests_helper(WriteReadKokkos MPI_ALLOW BP Engine.BP. .BP5
+  WORKING_DIRECTORY ${BP5_DIR} EXTRA_ARGS "BP5"
+)
+
+foreach(tgt ${Test.Engine.BP.WriteReadKokkos-TARGETS})
+  target_link_libraries(${tgt} Kokkos::kokkos)
+endforeach()
diff --git a/testing/adios2/engine/bp/TestBPWriteReadKokkos.cpp b/testing/adios2/gpu-backend/TestBPWriteReadKokkos.cpp
similarity index 99%
rename from testing/adios2/engine/bp/TestBPWriteReadKokkos.cpp
rename to testing/adios2/gpu-backend/TestBPWriteReadKokkos.cpp
index 60a3af71ef..a69915b593 100644
--- a/testing/adios2/engine/bp/TestBPWriteReadKokkos.cpp
+++ b/testing/adios2/gpu-backend/TestBPWriteReadKokkos.cpp
@@ -367,8 +367,6 @@ bool compareSelection2D(
             if (b(x, y) != a(start_0 + x, start_1 + y))
             {
                 lmatch++;
-                Kokkos::printf("   Non-match at pos = (%d %d) : input = %f : output = %f\n", x, y,
-                               a(start_0 + x, start_1 + y), b(x, y));
             }
         },
         match);
@@ -520,6 +518,7 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
     // MPI_THREAD_MULTIPLE is only required if you enable the SST MPI_DP
     MPI_Init_thread(nullptr, nullptr, MPI_THREAD_MULTIPLE, &provided);
 #endif
+    Kokkos::initialize(argc, argv);
 
     int result;
     ::testing::InitGoogleTest(&argc, argv);
@@ -529,6 +528,7 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
     }
     result = RUN_ALL_TESTS();
 
+    Kokkos::finalize();
 #if ADIOS2_USE_MPI
     MPI_Finalize();
 #endif