diff --git a/qa/TL0_cpu_only/test_nofw.sh b/qa/TL0_cpu_only/test_nofw.sh
index 03a5116b3da..26212d43a31 100755
--- a/qa/TL0_cpu_only/test_nofw.sh
+++ b/qa/TL0_cpu_only/test_nofw.sh
@@ -12,7 +12,10 @@ test_body() {
     # $ORIGIN/../nvimgcodec rpath entry. Keep the wheel-installed nvimgcodec dir
     # reachable via LD_LIBRARY_PATH instead. Mirrors the same workaround in
     # qa/test_template_impl.sh::enable_sanitizer().
-    export LD_LIBRARY_PATH="$(python -c 'import nvidia.nvimgcodec as n, os; print(os.path.dirname(n.__file__))' 2>/dev/null || echo '')"
+    # first provide paths to nvimgcodec deps then learn its location
+    export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=${LD_LIBRARY_PATH}:"$(python -c 'import nvidia.nvjpeg2k as n, os; print(os.path.dirname(n.__file__) + "/lib")' 2>/dev/null || echo '')"
+    export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=${LD_LIBRARY_PATH}:"$(python -c 'import nvidia.nvtiff as n, os; print(os.path.dirname(n.__file__) + "/lib")' 2>/dev/null || echo '')"
+    export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=${LD_LIBRARY_PATH}:"$(python -c 'import nvidia.nvimgcodec as n, os; print(os.path.dirname(n.__file__))' 2>/dev/null || echo '')"
   else
     export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=""
   fi
diff --git a/qa/TL0_cpu_only/test_pytorch.sh b/qa/TL0_cpu_only/test_pytorch.sh
index aa93874fca1..2aed1626618 100755
--- a/qa/TL0_cpu_only/test_pytorch.sh
+++ b/qa/TL0_cpu_only/test_pytorch.sh
@@ -12,7 +12,10 @@ test_body() {
     # $ORIGIN/../nvimgcodec rpath entry. Keep the wheel-installed nvimgcodec dir
     # reachable via LD_LIBRARY_PATH instead. Mirrors the same workaround in
     # qa/test_template_impl.sh::enable_sanitizer().
-    export LD_LIBRARY_PATH="$(python -c 'import nvidia.nvimgcodec as n, os; print(os.path.dirname(n.__file__))' 2>/dev/null || echo '')"
+    # first provide paths to nvimgcodec deps then learn its location
+    export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=${LD_LIBRARY_PATH}:"$(python -c 'import nvidia.nvjpeg2k as n, os; print(os.path.dirname(n.__file__) + "/lib")' 2>/dev/null || echo '')"
+    export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=${LD_LIBRARY_PATH}:"$(python -c 'import nvidia.nvtiff as n, os; print(os.path.dirname(n.__file__) + "/lib")' 2>/dev/null || echo '')"
+    export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=${LD_LIBRARY_PATH}:"$(python -c 'import nvidia.nvimgcodec as n, os; print(os.path.dirname(n.__file__))' 2>/dev/null || echo '')"
   else
     export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=""
   fi
diff --git a/qa/leak.sup b/qa/leak.sup
index f92ec347966..20d08d49a9f 100644
--- a/qa/leak.sup
+++ b/qa/leak.sup
@@ -52,8 +52,6 @@ leak:_PyLong_New
 leak:PyBytes_FromString
 leak:PyType_GenericAlloc
 leak:PyCapsule_New
-leak:_PyObject_GC_NewVar
-leak:_PyObject_GC_New
 leak:PyDict_Copy
 leak:_PyObject_New
 leak:PyUnicode_New
@@ -63,4 +61,19 @@ leak:_PyObject_MakeTpCall
 leak:PyDict_SetDefault
 leak:PySequence_List
 leak:_PyFunction_Vectorcall
-leak:numa_node_to_cpus
\ No newline at end of file
+leak:numa_node_to_cpus
+leak:PyUnicode_FromKindAndData
+leak:PyImport_ImportModuleLevelObject
+leak:_PyImport_*
+leak:_PyObject_GC_*
+leak:PyDict_SetItemString
+leak:PyUnicode_InternFromString
+leak:PyRun_SimpleStringFlags
+leak:PyRun_StringFlags
+leak:_PyRun_SimpleFileObject
+leak:_PyUnicode_FromASCII
+leak:Py_CompileStringObject
+leak:_PyUnicode_DecodeUnicodeEscapeInternal2
+leak:/usr/bin/sort
+leak:/usr/bin/tr
+leak:yyparse
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/qa/test_template_impl.sh b/qa/test_template_impl.sh
index 332fea346f8..5d12a4cb36a 100755
--- a/qa/test_template_impl.sh
+++ b/qa/test_template_impl.sh
@@ -65,8 +65,6 @@ epilog=${epilog-:}
 numer_of_prolog_elms=${#prolog[@]}
 
 enable_sanitizer() {
-    export ASAN_OPTIONS=symbolize=1:protect_shadow_gap=0:log_path=sanitizer.log:start_deactivated=true:allocator_may_return_null=1:detect_leaks=1:fast_unwind_on_malloc=0:verify_asan_link_order=0:detect_container_overflow=0:suppressions=$topdir/qa/address.sup
-    export ASAN_SYMBOLIZER_PATH=$(which llvm-symbolizer)
     # avoid python false positives
     export PYTHONMALLOC=malloc
     # if something calls dlclose on a module that leaks and it happens before asan can extract symbols we get "unknown module"
@@ -76,7 +74,13 @@ enable_sanitizer() {
     export LD_PRELOAD="/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libasan.so /tmp/glibc_fix.so /tmp/libfakeclose.so /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libstdc++.so"
     # Workaround for bug in asan ignoring RPATHs https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1449604
     export OLD_LD_LIBRARY_PATH2=${LD_LIBRARY_PATH}  # OLD_LD_LIBRARY_PATH variable name already used
-    export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$LD_LIBRARY_PATH:$(python -c 'import nvidia.nvimgcodec as n; import os; print(os.path.dirname(n.__file__))')
+    # first provide paths to nvimgcodec deps then learn its location
+    export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=${LD_LIBRARY_PATH}:"$(python -c 'import nvidia.nvjpeg2k as n, os; print(os.path.dirname(n.__file__) + "/lib")' 2>/dev/null || echo '')"
+    export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=${LD_LIBRARY_PATH}:"$(python -c 'import nvidia.nvtiff as n, os; print(os.path.dirname(n.__file__) + "/lib")' 2>/dev/null || echo '')"
+    export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=${LD_LIBRARY_PATH}:"$(python -c 'import nvidia.nvimgcodec as n, os; print(os.path.dirname(n.__file__))' 2>/dev/null || echo '')"
+
+    export ASAN_OPTIONS=symbolize=1:protect_shadow_gap=0:log_path=sanitizer.log:start_deactivated=false:allocator_may_return_null=1:detect_leaks=1:fast_unwind_on_malloc=0:verify_asan_link_order=0:detect_container_overflow=0:suppressions=$topdir/qa/address.sup:malloc_context_size=96
+    export ASAN_SYMBOLIZER_PATH=$(which llvm-symbolizer)
 }
 
 # turn off sanitizer to avoid breaking any non-related system built-ins