diff --git a/deploy/default.cfg b/deploy/default.cfg
index 697f21984..38bc13a07 100644
--- a/deploy/default.cfg
+++ b/deploy/default.cfg
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ geometric_features = 1.2.0
 jigsaw = 0.9.14
 jigsawpy = 0.3.3
 mache = 1.16.0
-mpas_tools = 0.25.0
+mpas_tools = 0.27.0
 otps = 2021.10
 parallelio = 2.6.0