diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index 22c723ac1..3ec267415 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -8,8 +8,10 @@
   branch = main
 [submodule "ccpp/physics"]
   path = ccpp/physics
-  url = https://github.com/ufs-community/ccpp-physics
-  branch = ufs/dev
+#  url = https://github.com/ufs-community/ccpp-physics
+#  branch = ufs/dev
+  url = https://github.com/JiliDong-NOAA/ccpp-physics 
+  branch = nssl_mp_init 
 [submodule "upp"]
   path = upp
   url = https://github.com/NOAA-EMC/UPP
diff --git a/ccpp/physics b/ccpp/physics
index a492addf8..c9460205f 160000
--- a/ccpp/physics
+++ b/ccpp/physics
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit a492addf860d29d797bca488f53d39b260584924
+Subproject commit c9460205f6047047025536653e05675749b9d074