diff --git a/deploy/default.cfg b/deploy/default.cfg
index 7a6f474dc..8348cbdfc 100644
--- a/deploy/default.cfg
+++ b/deploy/default.cfg
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ mpi = nompi
 geometric_features = 1.5.0
 mache = 1.26.0
 conda_moab = 5.5.1
-mpas_tools = 0.35.0
+mpas_tools = 0.36.0
 otps = 2021.10
 parallelio = 2.6.3