diff --git a/Externals.cfg b/Externals.cfg
index 371d8a1ecd..10aba9a311 100644
--- a/Externals.cfg
+++ b/Externals.cfg
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ protocol = git
 required = True
 
 [gfs-utils]
-hash = 0b8ff56
+hash = 8965258
 local_path = sorc/gfs_utils.fd
 repo_url = https://github.com/NOAA-EMC/gfs-utils
 protocol = git
diff --git a/sorc/checkout.sh b/sorc/checkout.sh
index 2dd4929694..ec15b54565 100755
--- a/sorc/checkout.sh
+++ b/sorc/checkout.sh
@@ -155,7 +155,7 @@ mkdir -p "${logdir}"
 
 # The checkout version should always be a speciifc commit (hash or tag), not a branch
 errs=0
-checkout "gfs_utils.fd"    "https://github.com/NOAA-EMC/gfs-utils"              "0b8ff56"                    ; errs=$((errs + $?))
+checkout "gfs_utils.fd"    "https://github.com/NOAA-EMC/gfs-utils"              "8965258"                    ; errs=$((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:-2247060}" ; errs=$((errs + $?))
 checkout "verif-global.fd" "https://github.com/NOAA-EMC/EMC_verif-global.git"   "c267780"                    ; errs=$((errs + $?))