diff --git a/sorc/checkout.sh b/sorc/checkout.sh
index 9373bc7f30..c2cb7b8cc1 100755
--- a/sorc/checkout.sh
+++ b/sorc/checkout.sh
@@ -151,7 +151,7 @@ source "${topdir}/../workflow/gw_setup.sh"
 errs=0
 checkout "wxflow"          "https://github.com/NOAA-EMC/wxflow"                 "528f5ab"                    ; errs=$((errs + $?))
 checkout "gfs_utils.fd"    "https://github.com/NOAA-EMC/gfs-utils"              "8965258"                    ; errs=$((errs + $?))
-checkout "ufs_utils.fd"    "https://github.com/ufs-community/UFS_UTILS.git"     "72a0471"                    ; errs=$((errs + $?))
+checkout "ufs_utils.fd"    "https://github.com/GeorgeGayno-NOAA/UFS_UTILS.git"  "ba88ec2"                    ; errs=$((errs + $?))
 checkout "ufs_model.fd"    "https://github.com/ufs-community/ufs-weather-model" "${ufs_model_hash:-4d05445}" ; errs=$((errs + $?))
 checkout "verif-global.fd" "https://github.com/NOAA-EMC/EMC_verif-global.git"   "c267780"                    ; errs=$((errs + $?))