diff --git a/INSTALL.md b/INSTALL.md
index 69ed240dc1..79bbe11f79 100644
--- a/INSTALL.md
+++ b/INSTALL.md
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ Both methods are supported. However, for most users we _strongly_ recommend to b
 - [Range-V3](https://github.com/ericniebler/range-v3.git) -- a Ranges library that served as the basis for Ranges component of C++20 and later.
 - [BTAS](http://github.com/ValeevGroup/BTAS), tag 1cfcb12647c768ccd83b098c64cda723e1275e49 . If usable BTAS installation is not found, TiledArray will download and compile
   BTAS from source. *This is the recommended way to compile BTAS for all users*.
-- [MADNESS](https://github.com/m-a-d-n-e-s-s/madness), tag a479e821da724880c1e7110a49d2e52f0959a072 .
+- [MADNESS](https://github.com/m-a-d-n-e-s-s/madness), tag 51c70885f368fcbdaac3db462b5e8d28eed4dbf7 .
   Only the MADworld runtime and BLAS/LAPACK C API component of MADNESS is used by TiledArray.
   If usable MADNESS installation is not found, TiledArray will download and compile
   MADNESS from source. *This is the recommended way to compile MADNESS for all users*.
diff --git a/external/versions.cmake b/external/versions.cmake
index 9a798652fa..9420b41c33 100644
--- a/external/versions.cmake
+++ b/external/versions.cmake
@@ -11,8 +11,8 @@ set(TA_INSTALL_EIGEN_PREVIOUS_VERSION 3.3.7)
 set(TA_INSTALL_EIGEN_URL_HASH SHA256=b4c198460eba6f28d34894e3a5710998818515104d6e74e5cc331ce31e46e626)
 set(TA_INSTALL_EIGEN_PREVIOUS_URL_HASH MD5=b9e98a200d2455f06db9c661c5610496)
 
-set(TA_TRACKED_MADNESS_TAG a479e821da724880c1e7110a49d2e52f0959a072)
-set(TA_TRACKED_MADNESS_PREVIOUS_TAG 8da56b1fc0b3d6eabe155923fb844f3430fc7d05)
+set(TA_TRACKED_MADNESS_TAG 51c70885f368fcbdaac3db462b5e8d28eed4dbf7)
+set(TA_TRACKED_MADNESS_PREVIOUS_TAG 3208474a1dec9a08b8ca7185ca5c168795385372)
 set(TA_TRACKED_MADNESS_VERSION 0.10.1)
 set(TA_TRACKED_MADNESS_PREVIOUS_VERSION 0.10.1)
 
diff --git a/src/TiledArray/einsum/tiledarray.h b/src/TiledArray/einsum/tiledarray.h
index 1c25f22a4f..e16c076db4 100644
--- a/src/TiledArray/einsum/tiledarray.h
+++ b/src/TiledArray/einsum/tiledarray.h
@@ -410,6 +410,12 @@ template <DeNest DeNestFlag = DeNest::False, typename ArrayA_, typename ArrayB_,
 auto einsum(expressions::TsrExpr<ArrayA_> A, expressions::TsrExpr<ArrayB_> B,
             std::tuple<Einsum::Index<std::string>, Indices...> cs,
             World &world) {
+  // hotfix: process all preceding tasks before entering this code with many
+  // blocking calls
+  // TODO figure out why having free threads left after blocking MPI split
+  //  still not enough to ensure progress
+  world.gop.fence();
+
   using ArrayA = std::remove_cv_t<ArrayA_>;
   using ArrayB = std::remove_cv_t<ArrayB_>;