diff --git a/modulefiles/module_gwci.hera.lua b/modulefiles/module_gwci.hera.lua
index 3d4c413a44..323eec5256 100644
--- a/modulefiles/module_gwci.hera.lua
+++ b/modulefiles/module_gwci.hera.lua
@@ -2,14 +2,14 @@ help([[
 Load environment to run GFS workflow setup scripts on Hera
 ]])
 
-prepend_path("MODULEPATH", "/scratch1/NCEPDEV/nems/role.epic/spack-stack/spack-stack-1.6.0/envs/gsi-addon-dev/install/modulefiles/Core")
+prepend_path("MODULEPATH", "/scratch1/NCEPDEV/nems/role.epic/spack-stack/spack-stack-1.6.0/envs/gsi-addon-dev-rocky8/install/modulefiles/Core")
 
 load(pathJoin("stack-intel", os.getenv("2021.5.0")))
 load(pathJoin("stack-intel-oneapi-mpi", os.getenv("2021.5.1")))
 
 load(pathJoin("netcdf-c", os.getenv("4.9.2")))
 load(pathJoin("netcdf-fortran", os.getenv("4.6.1")))
-load(pathJoin("nccmp","1.9.0.1"))
+load(pathJoin("nccmp","1.9.1"))
 load(pathJoin("wgrib2", "2.0.8"))
 
 whatis("Description: GFS run setup CI environment")
diff --git a/modulefiles/module_gwsetup.hera.lua b/modulefiles/module_gwsetup.hera.lua
index 3e8bf2d7f8..696f9577be 100644
--- a/modulefiles/module_gwsetup.hera.lua
+++ b/modulefiles/module_gwsetup.hera.lua
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ Load environment to run GFS workflow setup scripts on Hera
 
 load(pathJoin("rocoto"))
 
-prepend_path("MODULEPATH", "/scratch1/NCEPDEV/nems/role.epic/spack-stack/spack-stack-1.6.0/envs/gsi-addon-dev/install/modulefiles/Core")
+prepend_path("MODULEPATH", "/scratch1/NCEPDEV/nems/role.epic/spack-stack/spack-stack-1.6.0/envs/gsi-addon-dev-rocky8/install/modulefiles/Core")
 
 local stack_intel_ver=os.getenv("stack_intel_ver") or "2021.5.0"
 local python_ver=os.getenv("python_ver") or "3.11.6"
diff --git a/sorc/setup_case.sh b/sorc/setup_case.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..c8b0a544fb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sorc/setup_case.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+#https://global-workflow.readthedocs.io/en/latest/setup.html
+
+ set -x
+
+ GLOBALWORKFLOWHOME=/scratch2/NAGAPE/epic/Wei.Huang/src/global-workflow-cloud
+ PSLOT=exp_c48
+ CONFIGDIR=${GLOBALWORKFLOWHOME}/parm/config
+ IDATE=2021032312
+ EDATE=2021032312
+ COMROOT=${GLOBALWORKFLOWHOME}/comroot
+ EXPDIR=${GLOBALWORKFLOWHOME}/expdir
+
+ cd ${GLOBALWORKFLOWHOME}/workflow
+ source ${GLOBALWORKFLOWHOME}/workflow/gw_setup.sh
+
+ ${GLOBALWORKFLOWHOME}/workflow/setup_expt.py gfs forecast-only \
+        --idate ${IDATE} \
+        --edate ${EDATE} \
+        --app ATM \
+        --pslot ${PSLOT} \
+        --configdir ${CONFIGDIR}/gfs \
+        --resdetatmos 48 \
+        --comroot ${COMROOT} \
+        --expdir ${EXPDIR}
+
+#        --resdetocean 1.0 \
+#${GLOBALWORKFLOWHOME}/workflow/setup_expt.py gfs forecast-only \
+#       --idate $IDATE \
+#       --edate $EDATE \
+#       [--app $APP] \
+#       [--start $START] \
+#       [--gfs_cyc $GFS_CYC] \
+#       [--resdetatmos $RESDETATMOS] \
+#       [--resdetocean $RESDETOCEAN] \
+#       [--pslot $PSLOT] \
+#       [--configdir $CONFIGDIR] \
+#       [--comroot $COMROOT] \
+#       [--expdir $EXPDIR]
+
+#usage: setup_expt.py gfs forecast-only [-h] [--pslot PSLOT] [--resdetatmos RESDETATMOS] [--resdetocean RESDETOCEAN]
+#                                      [--comroot COMROOT] [--expdir EXPDIR] --idate IDATE --edate EDATE [--overwrite]
+#                                      [--start {warm,cold}] [--cdump CDUMP] [--yaml YAML] [--app {ATM,ATMA,ATMW,S2S,S2SA,S2SW,S2SWA}]
+#                                      [--gfs_cyc {1,2,4}]
+
+#${GLOBALWORKFLOWHOME}/workflow/setup_xml.py ${EXPDIR}/${PSLOT}
+
diff --git a/versions/build.hera.ver b/versions/build.hera.ver
index 263e967a97..337d5c32da 100644
--- a/versions/build.hera.ver
+++ b/versions/build.hera.ver
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 export stack_intel_ver=2021.5.0
 export stack_impi_ver=2021.5.1
-export spack_env=gsi-addon-dev
+export spack_env=gsi-addon-dev-rocky8
 source "${HOMEgfs:-}/versions/build.spack.ver"
 export spack_mod_path="/scratch1/NCEPDEV/nems/role.epic/spack-stack/spack-stack-${spack_stack_ver}/envs/${spack_env}/install/modulefiles/Core"
diff --git a/versions/build.spack.ver b/versions/build.spack.ver
index 808f85dd16..3b485b0ad1 100644
--- a/versions/build.spack.ver
+++ b/versions/build.spack.ver
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 export spack_stack_ver=1.6.0
 
-export cmake_ver=3.23.1
+export cmake_ver=3.28.1
 
 export jasper_ver=2.0.32
 export libpng_ver=1.6.37
diff --git a/versions/run.hera.ver b/versions/run.hera.ver
index 4529d34821..b358f9d495 100644
--- a/versions/run.hera.ver
+++ b/versions/run.hera.ver
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 export stack_intel_ver=2021.5.0
 export stack_impi_ver=2021.5.1
-export spack_env=gsi-addon-dev
+export spack_env=gsi-addon-dev-rocky8
 
 export hpss_ver=hpss
 export ncl_ver=6.6.2
diff --git a/versions/run.spack.ver b/versions/run.spack.ver
index c00b7483cd..978bf67059 100644
--- a/versions/run.spack.ver
+++ b/versions/run.spack.ver
@@ -3,8 +3,8 @@ export python_ver=3.11.6
 
 export jasper_ver=2.0.32
 export libpng_ver=1.6.37
-export cdo_ver=2.2.0
-export nco_ver=5.0.6
+export cdo_ver=2.3.0
+export nco_ver=5.1.6
 
 export hdf5_ver=1.14.0
 export netcdf_c_ver=4.9.2