diff --git a/Externals.cfg b/Externals.cfg
index 221bfc55be3..90c44942222 100644
--- a/Externals.cfg
+++ b/Externals.cfg
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ protocol = git
 required = True
 
 [UFS-Utils]
-hash = a2b0817
+hash = ufs_utils_1_8_0
 local_path = sorc/ufs_utils.fd
 repo_url = https://github.com/NOAA-EMC/UFS_UTILS.git
 protocol = git
diff --git a/sorc/checkout.sh b/sorc/checkout.sh
index ff3792f67ad..a099a17943e 100755
--- a/sorc/checkout.sh
+++ b/sorc/checkout.sh
@@ -152,7 +152,7 @@ mkdir -p ${logdir}
 # The checkout version should always be a speciifc commit (hash or tag), not a branch
 errs=0
 checkout "ufs_model.fd"    "https://github.com/ufs-community/ufs-weather-model" "${ufs_model_hash}"; errs=$((errs + $?))
-checkout "ufs_utils.fd"    "https://github.com/ufs-community/UFS_UTILS.git"     "a2b0817"          ; errs=$((errs + $?))
+checkout "ufs_utils.fd"    "https://github.com/ufs-community/UFS_UTILS.git"     "ufs_utils_1_8_0"  ; errs=$((errs + $?))
 checkout "verif-global.fd" "https://github.com/NOAA-EMC/EMC_verif-global.git"   "c267780"          ; errs=$((errs + $?))
 
 if [[ $CHECKOUT_GSI == "YES" ]]; then