diff --git a/components/elm/bld/namelist_files/namelist_defaults.xml b/components/elm/bld/namelist_files/namelist_defaults.xml
index beeae7858595..896fe5d73969 100644
--- a/components/elm/bld/namelist_files/namelist_defaults.xml
+++ b/components/elm/bld/namelist_files/namelist_defaults.xml
@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ attributes from the config_cache.xml file (with keys converted to upper-case).
 <!-- ================================================================== -->
 <!-- FATES default parameter file                                       -->
 <!-- ================================================================== -->
-<fates_paramfile >lnd/clm2/paramdata/fates_params_api.36.0.0_12pft_c240517.nc</fates_paramfile>
+<fates_paramfile >lnd/clm2/paramdata/fates_params_api.36.1.0_14pft_c241003.nc</fates_paramfile>
 
 <!-- soil order related parameters (relative to {csmdata}) -->
 <fsoilordercon             >lnd/clm2/paramdata/CNP_parameters_c131108.nc</fsoilordercon>
diff --git a/components/elm/src/external_models/fates b/components/elm/src/external_models/fates
index 1982b0032c3c..825579d0b406 160000
--- a/components/elm/src/external_models/fates
+++ b/components/elm/src/external_models/fates
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit 1982b0032c3cab6278892eccb85f643114ffb1af
+Subproject commit 825579d0b406fe99344591b5ed8356e5c7aeebec