diff --git a/Externals.cfg b/Externals.cfg
index fee84e957a..b2aef8ab83 100644
--- a/Externals.cfg
+++ b/Externals.cfg
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ protocol = git
 required = True
 
 [gfs-utils]
-hash = 8965258
+hash = a283262
 local_path = sorc/gfs_utils.fd
 repo_url = https://github.com/NOAA-EMC/gfs-utils
 protocol = git
diff --git a/scripts/exgfs_atmos_postsnd.sh b/scripts/exgfs_atmos_postsnd.sh
index 668234c357..368f001ed0 100755
--- a/scripts/exgfs_atmos_postsnd.sh
+++ b/scripts/exgfs_atmos_postsnd.sh
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ export FINT=$NINT1
 
    ic=0
    while [ $ic -lt 1000 ]; do
-      if [[ ! -f "${COM_ATMOS_HISTORY}/${RUN}.${cycle}.logf${FEND}.${logfm}" ]]; then
+      if [[ ! -f "${COM_ATMOS_HISTORY}/${RUN}.${cycle}.atm.logf${FEND}.${logfm}" ]]; then
           sleep 10
           ic=$(expr $ic + 1)
       else
diff --git a/sorc/checkout.sh b/sorc/checkout.sh
index 98873ea6f1..284875c5da 100755
--- a/sorc/checkout.sh
+++ b/sorc/checkout.sh
@@ -150,7 +150,7 @@ source "${topdir}/../workflow/gw_setup.sh"
 # The checkout version should always be a speciifc commit (hash or tag), not a branch
 errs=0
 checkout "wxflow"          "https://github.com/NOAA-EMC/wxflow"                 "528f5ab"                    ; errs=$((errs + $?))
-checkout "gfs_utils.fd"    "https://github.com/NOAA-EMC/gfs-utils"              "8965258"                    ; errs=$((errs + $?))
+checkout "gfs_utils.fd"    "https://github.com/NOAA-EMC/gfs-utils"              "a283262"                    ; errs=$((errs + $?))
 checkout "ufs_utils.fd"    "https://github.com/ufs-community/UFS_UTILS.git"     "72a0471"                    ; errs=$((errs + $?))
 checkout "ufs_model.fd"    "https://github.com/ufs-community/ufs-weather-model" "${ufs_model_hash:-4d05445}" ; errs=$((errs + $?))
 checkout "verif-global.fd" "https://github.com/NOAA-EMC/EMC_verif-global.git"   "c267780"                    ; errs=$((errs + $?))
diff --git a/ush/gfs_bufr.sh b/ush/gfs_bufr.sh
index b782c707c9..5ed05f9beb 100755
--- a/ush/gfs_bufr.sh
+++ b/ush/gfs_bufr.sh
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ for (( hr = 10#${FSTART}; hr <= 10#${FEND}; hr = hr + 10#${FINT} )); do
    # Make sure all files are available:
    ic=0
    while (( ic < 1000 )); do
-      if [[ ! -f "${COM_ATMOS_HISTORY}/${RUN}.${cycle}.logf${hh3}.${logfm}" ]]; then
+      if [[ ! -f "${COM_ATMOS_HISTORY}/${RUN}.${cycle}.atm.logf${hh3}.${logfm}" ]]; then
           sleep 10
           ic=$((ic + 1))
       else