diff --git a/src/base/CardinalApp.C b/src/base/CardinalApp.C
index b509dd4b2..5b212d698 100644
--- a/src/base/CardinalApp.C
+++ b/src/base/CardinalApp.C
@@ -68,11 +68,9 @@ CardinalApp::validParams()
   // or just plain MOOSE-type apps), these are unused
   params.addCommandLineParam<int>(
       "nekrs_buildonly", "--nekrs-buildonly [#procs]", "#procs to build NekRS if pre-compiling");
-  params.addCommandLineParam<bool>(
-      "nekrs_cimode",
-      "--nekrs-cimode",
-      false,
-      "Whether to flag NekRS CI settings for execution within Cardinal");
+  params.addCommandLineParam<int>("nekrs_cimode",
+                                  "--nekrs-cimode [id]",
+                                  "Test ID for NekRS CI settings for execution within Cardinal");
   params.addCommandLineParam<std::string>(
       "nekrs_backend",
       "--nekrs-backend",
diff --git a/test/tests/nek_ci b/test/tests/nek_ci
index 884074400..cee3e5a46 160000
--- a/test/tests/nek_ci
+++ b/test/tests/nek_ci
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit 884074400afa094815918f11669bdab71bb03c1e
+Subproject commit cee3e5a46fa2b7e9a0f87337db54fd6250ef0293