diff --git a/modulefiles/GDAS/hercules.intel.lua b/modulefiles/GDAS/hercules.intel.lua
index 105efddee..83feccb2c 100644
--- a/modulefiles/GDAS/hercules.intel.lua
+++ b/modulefiles/GDAS/hercules.intel.lua
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ local pkgName    = myModuleName()
 local pkgVersion = myModuleVersion()
 local pkgNameVer = myModuleFullName()
 
-prepend_path("MODULEPATH", '/work/noaa/epic/role-epic/spack-stack/hercules/spack-stack-1.6.0/envs/unified-env/install/modulefiles/Core')
+prepend_path("MODULEPATH", '/work/noaa/epic/role-epic/spack-stack/hercules/spack-stack-1.7.0/envs/ue-intel/install/modulefiles/Core')
 prepend_path("MODULEPATH", '/work2/noaa/da/python/opt/modulefiles/stack')
 
 -- below two lines get us access to the spack-stack modules
@@ -14,35 +14,36 @@ load("stack-intel/2021.9.0")
 load("stack-intel-oneapi-mpi/2021.9.0")
 --load("stack-python/3.10.8")
 -- JCSDA has 'jedi-fv3-env/unified-dev', but we should load these manually as needed
+
 load("cmake/3.23.1")
 load("curl/8.4.0")
 load("zlib/1.2.13")
 load("git/2.31.1")
 --load("pkg-config/0.27.1")
-load("hdf5/1.14.0")
-load("parallel-netcdf/1.12.2")
+load("hdf5/1.14.3")
+load("parallel-netcdf/1.12.3")
 load("netcdf-c/4.9.2")
 load("nccmp/1.9.0.1")
 load("netcdf-fortran/4.6.1")
-load("nco/5.0.6")
-load("parallelio/2.5.10")
+load("nco/5.1.6")
+load("parallelio/2.6.2")
 load("wget/1.21.1")
-load("boost/1.83.0")
+load("boost/1.84.0")
 load("bufr/12.0.1")
 load("git-lfs/3.1.2")
 load("ecbuild/3.7.2")
-load("openjpeg/2.3.1")
-load("eccodes/2.32.0")
+load("openjpeg/2.4.0")
+load("eccodes/2.33.0")
 load("eigen/3.4.0")
-load("openblas/0.3.24")
+load("openblas/0.3.27")
 load("eckit/1.24.5")
 load("fftw/3.3.10")
 load("fckit/0.11.0")
 load("fiat/1.2.0")
 load("ectrans/1.2.0")
 load("fms/2023.04")
-load("esmf/8.6.0")
-load("atlas/0.35.1")
+load("esmf/8.6.1")
+load("atlas/0.36.0")
 load("sp/2.5.0")
 load("gsl-lite/0.37.0")
 load("libjpeg/2.1.0")
@@ -51,10 +52,10 @@ load("libtirpc/1.3.3")
 load("hdf/4.2.15")
 load("jedi-cmake/1.4.0")
 load("libpng/1.6.37")
-load("libxt/1.1.5")
+load("libxt/1.3.0")
 load("libxmu/1.1.4")
-load("libxpm/4.11.0")
-load("libxaw/1.0.13")
+load("libxpm/3.5.17")
+load("libxaw/1.0.15")
 load("udunits/2.2.28")
 load("ncview/2.1.9")
 load("netcdf-cxx4/4.3.1")
@@ -69,7 +70,6 @@ unload("python/3.10.13")
 unload("py-numpy/1.22.3")
 load("miniconda3/4.6.14")
 load("gdasapp/1.0.0")
-
 -- below is a hack because of cmake finding the wrong python...
 setenv("CONDA_PREFIX", "/work2/noaa/da/python/opt/core/miniconda3/4.6.14/envs/gdasapp/")