diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index 963ce12a5..13318da2d 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 [submodule "upp"]
   path = upp
   url = https://github.com/NOAA-EMC/UPP
-  branch = develop
+  branch = release/gfs_v17
 [submodule "mpas/MPAS-Model"]
   path = mpas/MPAS-Model
   url = https://github.com/ufs-community/MPAS-Model.git
diff --git a/upp b/upp
index 8d41f98e6..c0303bc40 160000
--- a/upp
+++ b/upp
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit 8d41f98e66ea858c163a387aaa0c6179851a1466
+Subproject commit c0303bc4028a57a15ce4cbd20c702e2fa9db672d