diff --git a/.github/workflows/pika.yml b/.github/workflows/pika.yml
index f2ab546a97..d7bcf3bb34 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pika.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pika.yml
@@ -172,7 +172,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Configure CMake
         run: |
           export CC=/usr/local/opt/gcc@10/bin/gcc-10 
-          cmake -B build -DCMAKE_C_COMPILER=/usr/local/opt/gcc@10/bin/gcc-10 -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=${{ env.BUILD_TYPE }} -DCMAKE_CXX_FLAGS_DEBUG=-fsanitize=address
+          cmake -B build -DCMAKE_C_COMPILER=/usr/local/opt/gcc@10/bin/gcc-10 -DUSE_PIKA_TOOLS=ON -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=${{ env.BUILD_TYPE }} -DCMAKE_CXX_FLAGS_DEBUG=-fsanitize=address
 
       - name: Build
         run: |
diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 3c50d3bc65..95ec7e2e02 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -630,9 +630,9 @@ option(USE_PIKA_TOOLS "compile pika-tools" OFF)
 if (USE_PIKA_TOOLS)
   ExternalProject_Add(hiredis
     URL
-    https://github.com/vipshop/hiredis-vip/archive/refs/tags/0.3.0.tar.gz
+    https://github.com/redis/hiredis/archive/refs/tags/v1.2.0.tar.gz
     URL_HASH
-    MD5=e4d4a2928188b11f696d35ca1c52e9a4
+    MD5=119767d178cfa79718a80c83e0d0e849
     DOWNLOAD_NO_PROGRESS
     1
     UPDATE_COMMAND
@@ -654,7 +654,7 @@ if (USE_PIKA_TOOLS)
     INSTALL_COMMAND
     make PREFIX=${STAGED_INSTALL_PREFIX} -j${CPU_CORE} install
   )
-  set(HIREDIS_LIBRARY ${INSTALL_LIBDIR}/libhiredis_vip.a)
+  set(HIREDIS_LIBRARY ${INSTALL_LIBDIR}/libhiredis.a)
 
   ExternalProject_Add(bz2
     URL
diff --git a/tools/benchmark_client/CMakeLists.txt b/tools/benchmark_client/CMakeLists.txt
index 2de0f750d0..ac4c652edd 100644
--- a/tools/benchmark_client/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/tools/benchmark_client/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -19,4 +19,5 @@ target_link_libraries(benchmark_client ${HIREDIS_LIBRARY})
 set_target_properties(benchmark_client PROPERTIES
     RUNTIME_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}
     CMAKE_COMPILER_IS_GNUCXX TRUE
-    COMPILE_FLAGS ${CXXFLAGS})
\ No newline at end of file
+    COMPILE_FLAGS ${CXXFLAGS})
+add_dependencies(benchmark_client snappy hiredis)
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/tools/benchmark_client/benchmark_client.cc b/tools/benchmark_client/benchmark_client.cc
index 8edf2d483f..c34cf34382 100644
--- a/tools/benchmark_client/benchmark_client.cc
+++ b/tools/benchmark_client/benchmark_client.cc
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 #include <random>
 #include <vector>
 
-#include "hiredis-vip/hiredis.h"
+#include "hiredis/hiredis.h"
 #include "pstd/include/pstd_status.h"
 #include "pstd/include/pstd_string.h"
 
diff --git a/tools/pika-port/pika_port_3/CMakeLists.txt b/tools/pika-port/pika_port_3/CMakeLists.txt
index 76515d00e6..9c229d7092 100644
--- a/tools/pika-port/pika_port_3/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/tools/pika-port/pika_port_3/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -10,10 +10,11 @@ add_executable(pika_port ${BASE_OBJS})
 target_include_directories(pika_port PRIVATE ${INSTALL_INCLUDEDIR}
                                        PRIVATE ${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR})
 
-target_link_libraries(pika_port ${ROCKSDB_LIBRARY} pthread rt net pstd storage ${GLOG_LIBRARY} 
+target_link_libraries(pika_port ${ROCKSDB_LIBRARY} pthread net pstd storage ${GLOG_LIBRARY} 
                                 ${GFLAGS_LIBRARY} ${SNAPPY_LIBRARY} ${ZLIB_LIBRARY} ${BZ2_LIBRARY}
                                 ${LZ4_LIBRARY} ${ZSTD_LIBRARY})
 set_target_properties(pika_port PROPERTIES
     RUNTIME_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}
     CMAKE_COMPILER_IS_GNUCXX TRUE
-    COMPILE_FLAGS ${CXXFLAGS})
\ No newline at end of file
+    COMPILE_FLAGS ${CXXFLAGS})
+add_dependencies(pika_port rocksdb glog gflags snappy zlib bz2 lz4 zstd)
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/tools/pika-port/pika_port_3/main.cc b/tools/pika-port/pika_port_3/main.cc
index 268bc33f8e..0fd63bd372 100644
--- a/tools/pika-port/pika_port_3/main.cc
+++ b/tools/pika-port/pika_port_3/main.cc
@@ -31,7 +31,11 @@ static int lockFile(int fd) {
 }
 
 static void createPidFile(const char* file) {
-  int fd = open(file, O_RDWR | O_CREAT | O_DIRECT, S_IRUSR | S_IWUSR);
+  int flags = O_RDWR | O_CREAT;
+#if !defined(OS_MACOSX) && !defined(OS_OPENBSD) && !defined(OS_SOLARIS)
+    flags |= O_DIRECT;
+#endif
+  int fd = open(file, flags, S_IRUSR | S_IWUSR);
   if (-1 == fd) {
     LOG(FATAL) << "open(" << file << ") = " << fd;
   }
diff --git a/tools/pika_to_txt/CMakeLists.txt b/tools/pika_to_txt/CMakeLists.txt
index 0dd806e2a2..a99781d8f0 100644
--- a/tools/pika_to_txt/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/tools/pika_to_txt/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -14,8 +14,9 @@ target_include_directories(pika_to_txt PRIVATE ${INSTALL_INCLUDEDIR}
                                        PRIVATE ${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR})
 
 target_link_libraries(pika_to_txt storage net pstd ${ROCKSDB_LIBRARY} pthread ${SNAPPY_LIBRARY}
-                                  ${ZLIB_LIBRARY} ${BZ2_LIBRARY} ${GLOG_LIBRARY} ${GFLAGS_LIBRARY} rt)
+                                  ${ZLIB_LIBRARY} ${BZ2_LIBRARY} ${GLOG_LIBRARY} ${GFLAGS_LIBRARY})
 set_target_properties(pika_to_txt PROPERTIES
     RUNTIME_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}
     CMAKE_COMPILER_IS_GNUCXX TRUE
-    COMPILE_FLAGS ${CXXFLAGS})
\ No newline at end of file
+    COMPILE_FLAGS ${CXXFLAGS})
+add_dependencies(pika_to_txt rocksdb snappy zlib bz2 glog gflags)
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/tools/rdb_to_pika/CMakeLists.txt b/tools/rdb_to_pika/CMakeLists.txt
index 0dddd89aa9..5cfb5a36f8 100644
--- a/tools/rdb_to_pika/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/tools/rdb_to_pika/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -11,4 +11,5 @@ target_link_libraries(redisConn ${HIREDIS_LIBRARY})
 set_target_properties(redisConn PROPERTIES
     RUNTIME_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}
     CMAKE_COMPILER_IS_GNUCXX TRUE
-    COMPILE_FLAGS ${CXXFLAGS})
\ No newline at end of file
+    COMPILE_FLAGS ${CXXFLAGS})
+add_dependencies(redisConn hiredis)
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/tools/rdb_to_pika/protocoltopika.cc b/tools/rdb_to_pika/protocoltopika.cc
index cb275ec7d6..80d45bb9d3 100644
--- a/tools/rdb_to_pika/protocoltopika.cc
+++ b/tools/rdb_to_pika/protocoltopika.cc
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 #include <iostream>
 #include <sstream>
 #include <string>
-#include "hiredis-vip/hiredis.h"
+#include "hiredis/hiredis.h"
 
 void Usage() {
   std::cout << "Usage:" << std::endl;
diff --git a/tools/txt_to_pika/CMakeLists.txt b/tools/txt_to_pika/CMakeLists.txt
index d8c76fcba6..81ba4d7fc1 100644
--- a/tools/txt_to_pika/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/tools/txt_to_pika/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -15,8 +15,9 @@ target_include_directories(txt_to_pika PRIVATE ${INSTALL_INCLUDEDIR}
                                         ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR})
 
 target_link_libraries(txt_to_pika storage net pstd ${ROCKSDB_LIBRARY} pthread ${SNAPPY_LIBRARY}
-                                  ${ZLIB_LIBRARY} ${BZ2_LIBRARY} ${GLOG_LIBRARY} ${GFLAGS_LIBRARY} rt)
+                                  ${ZLIB_LIBRARY} ${BZ2_LIBRARY} ${GLOG_LIBRARY} ${GFLAGS_LIBRARY})
 set_target_properties(txt_to_pika PROPERTIES
     RUNTIME_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}
     CMAKE_COMPILER_IS_GNUCXX TRUE
-    COMPILE_FLAGS ${CXXFLAGS})
\ No newline at end of file
+    COMPILE_FLAGS ${CXXFLAGS})
+add_dependencies(txt_to_pika rocksdb snappy zlib bz2 glog gflags)
\ No newline at end of file