diff --git a/E3SM-Project b/E3SM-Project
index 93e511d57c..31e0924cb7 160000
--- a/E3SM-Project
+++ b/E3SM-Project
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit 93e511d57c5619d0888d63be4a1e99bda64cf8c9
+Subproject commit 31e0924cb78fb7918fceec2bcfa35175f20e4b51
diff --git a/utils/e3sm_update/test_e3sm_changes.py b/utils/e3sm_update/test_e3sm_changes.py
index 9edff78a20..2702e4d1f5 100755
--- a/utils/e3sm_update/test_e3sm_changes.py
+++ b/utils/e3sm_update/test_e3sm_changes.py
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ def submit_e3sm_tests(submodule, repo_url, ocean_strings, landice_strings,
 
     load_script = os.path.abspath(load_script)
 
-    commands = 'git submodule update --init'
+    commands = f'git submodule update --init {submodule}'
     print_and_run(commands)
 
     current_submodule = f'{submodule}-current'