diff --git a/.cirrus.yml b/.cirrus.yml
index 33956a9f8..2f4522475 100644
--- a/.cirrus.yml
+++ b/.cirrus.yml
@@ -4,11 +4,9 @@ freebsd_instance:
 task:
   env:
     CIRRUS_CLONE_SUBMODULES: true
-  install_script: pkg install -y cmake git
-  script: |
-    mkdir build
-    cd build
+  install_script: pkg install -y cmake git samtools
+  compile_script: |
+    mkdir build && cd build
     cmake -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release -DHAVE_TESTS=1 -DENABLE_WERROR=1 -DHAVE_SSE4_1=1 ..
     make -j $(sysctl -n hw.ncpu)
-    cd ..
-    ./util/regression/run_regression.sh ./build/src/mmseqs SCRATCH
+  test_script:  ./util/regression/run_regression.sh ./build/src/mmseqs SCRATCH
diff --git a/util/regression b/util/regression
index b195f95ac..a0e096a9e 160000
--- a/util/regression
+++ b/util/regression
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit b195f95ac8faad7179d4642307ce84afe021392d
+Subproject commit a0e096a9e905624cb3121d2f8969844eecde0eb0