diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index 661e7b5274..9c4aedab91 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ fxDONOTUSEurl = https://github.com/ESCOMP/CMEPS.git
 [submodule "cdeps"]
 path = components/cdeps
 url = https://github.com/ESCOMP/CDEPS.git
-fxtag = cdeps1.0.53
+fxtag = cdeps1.0.61
 fxrequired = ToplevelRequired
 # Standard Fork to compare to with "git fleximod test" to ensure personal forks aren't committed
 fxDONOTUSEurl = https://github.com/ESCOMP/CDEPS.git