diff --git a/bld/namelist_files/namelist_defaults_ctsm.xml b/bld/namelist_files/namelist_defaults_ctsm.xml
index 97620c770d..7f6305087c 100644
--- a/bld/namelist_files/namelist_defaults_ctsm.xml
+++ b/bld/namelist_files/namelist_defaults_ctsm.xml
@@ -504,10 +504,10 @@ attributes from the config_cache.xml file (with keys converted to upper-case).
 <!-- The default filenames are given relative to the root directory
      for the CLM2 data in the CESM distribution -->
 <!-- Plant function types (relative to {csmdata}) -->
-<paramfile phys="clm6_0" >lnd/clm2/paramdata/ctsm60_params.c240208.nc</paramfile>
-<paramfile phys="clm5_1" >lnd/clm2/paramdata/ctsm51_params.c240208.nc</paramfile>
-<paramfile phys="clm5_0" >lnd/clm2/paramdata/clm50_params.c240208.nc</paramfile>
-<paramfile phys="clm4_5" >lnd/clm2/paramdata/clm45_params.c240208.nc</paramfile>
+<paramfile phys="clm6_0" >lnd/clm2/paramdata/ctsm60_params.c240814.nc</paramfile>
+<paramfile phys="clm5_1" >lnd/clm2/paramdata/ctsm51_params.c240814.nc</paramfile>
+<paramfile phys="clm5_0" >lnd/clm2/paramdata/clm50_params.c240814.nc</paramfile>
+<paramfile phys="clm4_5" >lnd/clm2/paramdata/clm45_params.c240814.nc</paramfile>
 
 <!-- ================================================================== -->
 <!-- FATES default parameter file                                       -->
diff --git a/cime_config/testdefs/testmods_dirs/clm/clm60_monthly_matrixcn_soilCN30/user_nl_clm b/cime_config/testdefs/testmods_dirs/clm/clm60_monthly_matrixcn_soilCN30/user_nl_clm
index df20ced9e8..4bfc0520f8 100644
--- a/cime_config/testdefs/testmods_dirs/clm/clm60_monthly_matrixcn_soilCN30/user_nl_clm
+++ b/cime_config/testdefs/testmods_dirs/clm/clm60_monthly_matrixcn_soilCN30/user_nl_clm
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 use_soil_matrixcn = .true.
-paramfile = '$DIN_LOC_ROOT/lnd/clm2/paramdata/ctsm60_params_cn30.c240625.nc'
+paramfile = '$DIN_LOC_ROOT/lnd/clm2/paramdata/ctsm60_params_cn30.c240814.nc'