diff --git a/Externals.cfg b/Externals.cfg
index d4f57c3299..8759cd7995 100644
--- a/Externals.cfg
+++ b/Externals.cfg
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ protocol = git
 required = True
 
 [EMC_verif-global]
-tag = verif_global_v1.11.0
+tag = verif_global_v1.13.1
 local_path = sorc/verif-global.fd
 repo_url = https://github.com/NOAA-EMC/EMC_verif-global.git
 protocol = git
diff --git a/parm/config/config.vrfy b/parm/config/config.vrfy
index 4293e733f7..7347df8a34 100755
--- a/parm/config/config.vrfy
+++ b/parm/config/config.vrfy
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ export RUNMOS="NO"                # whether to run entire MOS package
 
 if [ $VRFYFITS = "YES" ]; then
 
-    export fit_ver="newm.1.1"
+    export fit_ver="newm.1.2"
     export fitdir="$BASE_GIT/verif/global/Fit2Obs/${fit_ver}/batrun"
     export PRVT=$HOMEgfs/fix/fix_gsi/prepobs_errtable.global
     export HYBLEVS=$HOMEgfs/fix/fix_am/global_hyblev.l${LEVS}.txt
diff --git a/sorc/checkout.sh b/sorc/checkout.sh
index 0eb3160dde..be70217ca8 100755
--- a/sorc/checkout.sh
+++ b/sorc/checkout.sh
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ if [[ ! -d verif-global.fd ]] ; then
     rm -f ${topdir}/checkout-verif-global.log
     git clone --recursive https://github.com/NOAA-EMC/EMC_verif-global.git verif-global.fd >> ${topdir}/checkout-verif-global.log 2>&1
     cd verif-global.fd
-    git checkout verif_global_v1.11.0
+    git checkout verif_global_v1.13.1
     cd ${topdir}
 else
     echo 'Skip. Directory verif-global.fd already exist.'
diff --git a/ush/rocoto/setup_expt.py b/ush/rocoto/setup_expt.py
index afd3b02830..2496ef9dc3 100755
--- a/ush/rocoto/setup_expt.py
+++ b/ush/rocoto/setup_expt.py
@@ -223,7 +223,7 @@ def edit_baseconfig():
       base_svn = '/scratch1/NCEPDEV/global/glopara/svn'
       dmpdir = '/scratch1/NCEPDEV/global/glopara/dump'
       nwprod = '/scratch1/NCEPDEV/global/glopara/nwpara'
-      comroot = '/scratch1/NCEPDEV/rstprod/com'
+      comroot = '/scratch1/NCEPDEV/global/glopara/com'
       homedir = '/scratch1/NCEPDEV/global/$USER'
       stmp = '/scratch1/NCEPDEV/stmp2/$USER'
       ptmp = '/scratch1/NCEPDEV/stmp4/$USER'
diff --git a/ush/rocoto/setup_expt_fcstonly.py b/ush/rocoto/setup_expt_fcstonly.py
index 8a7ffb58dc..3a57a07bea 100755
--- a/ush/rocoto/setup_expt_fcstonly.py
+++ b/ush/rocoto/setup_expt_fcstonly.py
@@ -189,7 +189,7 @@ def edit_baseconfig():
       base_svn = '/scratch1/NCEPDEV/global/glopara/svn'
       dmpdir = '/scratch1/NCEPDEV/global/glopara/dump'
       nwprod = '/scratch1/NCEPDEV/global/glopara/nwpara'
-      comroot = '/scratch1/NCEPDEV/rstprod/com'
+      comroot = '/scratch1/NCEPDEV/global/glopara/com'
       homedir = '/scratch1/NCEPDEV/global/$USER'
       stmp = '/scratch1/NCEPDEV/stmp2/$USER'
       ptmp = '/scratch1/NCEPDEV/stmp4/$USER'