diff --git a/python/tests/parallel/test_mpi_mqpu.py b/python/tests/parallel/test_mpi_mqpu.py
index 1c029bddfd..00e96cd13d 100644
--- a/python/tests/parallel/test_mpi_mqpu.py
+++ b/python/tests/parallel/test_mpi_mqpu.py
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@
 from cudaq import spin
 import numpy as np
 
-cudaq.mpi.initialize()
 skipIfUnsupported = pytest.mark.skipif(
     not (cudaq.num_available_gpus() > 0 and cudaq.mpi.is_initialized() and cudaq.has_target('nvidia-mqpu')),
     reason="nvidia-mqpu backend not available or mpi not found"
@@ -20,6 +19,7 @@
 @skipIfUnsupported
 def testMPI():
     cudaq.set_target('nvidia-mqpu')
+    cudaq.mpi.initialize()
 
     target = cudaq.get_target()
     numQpus = target.num_qpus()
diff --git a/python/tests/unittests/test_kernel_builder.py b/python/tests/unittests/test_kernel_builder.py
index 9d9b0505cb..249d9df608 100644
--- a/python/tests/unittests/test_kernel_builder.py
+++ b/python/tests/unittests/test_kernel_builder.py
@@ -216,6 +216,7 @@ def test_tdg_1_state_negate():
 
 def test_can_progressively_build():
     """Tests that a kernel can be build progressively."""
+    cudaq.reset_target()
     kernel = cudaq.make_kernel()
     q = kernel.qalloc(2)
     kernel.h(q[0])
diff --git a/unittests/integration/builder_tester.cpp b/unittests/integration/builder_tester.cpp
index 832b6d0c45..2183f92334 100644
--- a/unittests/integration/builder_tester.cpp
+++ b/unittests/integration/builder_tester.cpp
@@ -661,8 +661,9 @@ CUDAQ_TEST(BuilderTester, checkCanProgressivelyBuild) {
   kernel.h(q[0]);
   auto state = cudaq::get_state(kernel);
   EXPECT_NEAR(M_SQRT1_2, state[0].real(), 1e-3);
-  EXPECT_NEAR(0.0, state[1].real(), 1e-3);
-  EXPECT_NEAR(M_SQRT1_2, state[2].real(), 1e-3);
+  // Handle sims with different endianness
+  EXPECT_TRUE(std::fabs(M_SQRT1_2 - state[1].real()) < 1e-3 ||
+              std::fabs(M_SQRT1_2 - state[2].real()) < 1e-3);
   EXPECT_NEAR(0.0, state[3].real(), 1e-3);
 
   auto counts = cudaq::sample(kernel);