diff --git a/Externals.cfg b/Externals.cfg
index d33951b5c9..e5d7c0d8c9 100644
--- a/Externals.cfg
+++ b/Externals.cfg
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ protocol = git
 required = True
 
 [UFS]
-tag = 4513c26
+tag = 63a43d9
 local_path = sorc/ufs_model.fd
 repo_url = https://github.com/ufs-community/ufs-weather-model.git
 protocol = git
diff --git a/sorc/checkout.sh b/sorc/checkout.sh
index 15f89c80db..382e7b6f32 100755
--- a/sorc/checkout.sh
+++ b/sorc/checkout.sh
@@ -151,7 +151,7 @@ source "${topdir}/../workflow/gw_setup.sh"
 # The checkout version should always be a speciifc commit (hash or tag), not a branch
 errs=0
 # Checkout UFS submodules in parallel
-checkout "ufs_model.fd"    "https://github.com/ufs-community/ufs-weather-model" "${ufs_model_hash:-4513c26}" "8" ; errs=$((errs + $?))
+checkout "ufs_model.fd"    "https://github.com/ufs-community/ufs-weather-model" "${ufs_model_hash:-63a43d9}" "8" ; errs=$((errs + $?))
 
 # Run all other checkouts simultaneously with just 1 core each to handle submodules.
 checkout "wxflow"          "https://github.com/NOAA-EMC/wxflow"                 "528f5ab" &