diff --git a/sorc/checkout.sh b/sorc/checkout.sh
index 2d52c0052d..2dd4929694 100755
--- a/sorc/checkout.sh
+++ b/sorc/checkout.sh
@@ -156,7 +156,7 @@ 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 + $?))
-checkout "ufs_utils.fd"    "https://github.com/ufs-community/UFS_UTILS.git"     "4e673bf"                    ; errs=$((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 + $?))