diff --git a/configs/common/packages.yaml b/configs/common/packages.yaml
index cf36fd812..834a84fc2 100644
--- a/configs/common/packages.yaml
+++ b/configs/common/packages.yaml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ packages:
   bufr:
     require:
       - '+python'
-      - any_of: ['@=12.0.1', '@=11.7.0']
+      - '@=12.1.0'
   cairo:
     require: '+pic'
   cdo:
diff --git a/configs/containers/specs/jedi-ci.yaml b/configs/containers/specs/jedi-ci.yaml
index a3942234e..c876f7c4f 100644
--- a/configs/containers/specs/jedi-ci.yaml
+++ b/configs/containers/specs/jedi-ci.yaml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
   ### spack-stack-1.6.0 / skylab-7.x.y containers for fv3-jedi and mpas-jedi (but not for ufs-jedi)
   specs: [base-env@1.0.0, jedi-base-env@1.0.0, ewok-env@1.0.0, jedi-fv3-env@1.0.0,
-    jedi-mpas-env@1.0.0, bacio@2.4.1, bison@3.8.2, bufr@12.0.1, ecbuild@3.7.2, eccodes@2.33.0, ecflow@5,
+    jedi-mpas-env@1.0.0, bacio@2.4.1, bison@3.8.2, bufr@12.1.0, ecbuild@3.7.2, eccodes@2.33.0, ecflow@5,
     eckit@1.24.5, ecmwf-atlas@0.38.1 +fckit +trans +tesselation +fftw, fiat@1.2.0, ectrans@1.2.0 +fftw,
     eigen@3.4.0, fckit@0.11.0, fms@2023.04, g2@3.4.9, g2tmpl@1.10.2,
     gsibec@1.2.1, hdf@4.2.15, hdf5@1.14.3, ip@5.0.0, jasper@2.0.32, jedi-cmake@1.4.0,
diff --git a/configs/templates/ufs-srw-dev/spack.yaml b/configs/templates/ufs-srw-dev/spack.yaml
index 55a1db94e..79aacf061 100644
--- a/configs/templates/ufs-srw-dev/spack.yaml
+++ b/configs/templates/ufs-srw-dev/spack.yaml
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ spack:
   - parallelio@2.5.10
   - esmf@8.4.2
   - fms@2023.01
-  - bufr@12.0.0
+  - bufr@12.1.0
   - bacio@2.4.1
   - crtm@2.4.0
   - g2@3.4.5
diff --git a/configs/templates/unified-dev/spack.yaml b/configs/templates/unified-dev/spack.yaml
index 46a6f3037..38374580a 100644
--- a/configs/templates/unified-dev/spack.yaml
+++ b/configs/templates/unified-dev/spack.yaml
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ spack:
     - jedi-um-env
     - neptune-env ~python   ^esmf@=8.7.0b11 snapshot=b11
     - soca-env
-    - ufs-srw-app-env       ^esmf@=8.6.1
+    - ufs-srw-app-env       ^esmf@=8.6.1 ^metplus@5.1.0 ^met@11.1.1
     - ufs-weather-model-env ^esmf@=8.6.1
 
     # Various crtm tags (list all to avoid duplicate packages)
diff --git a/spack b/spack
index fb50a614c..f7a216a28 160000
--- a/spack
+++ b/spack
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit fb50a614cc6f927e4844476acd38e06ea55292c4
+Subproject commit f7a216a2864bd4645d8be3cf687ffa89d28ab96d
diff --git a/spack-ext/repos/spack-stack/packages/emc-verif-global-env/package.py b/spack-ext/repos/spack-stack/packages/emc-verif-global-env/package.py
index bdfba80d7..92327a480 100644
--- a/spack-ext/repos/spack-stack/packages/emc-verif-global-env/package.py
+++ b/spack-ext/repos/spack-stack/packages/emc-verif-global-env/package.py
@@ -36,7 +36,9 @@ class EmcVerifGlobalEnv(BundlePackage):
     depends_on("wgrib2", when="%intel")
     depends_on("python")
     depends_on("prod-util")
-    depends_on("met")
-    depends_on("metplus")
+    depends_on("met@9.1.3", when="%gcc")
+    depends_on("met@9.1.3", when="%intel")
+    depends_on("metplus@3.1.1", when="%gcc")
+    depends_on("metplus@3.1.1", when="%intel")
 
     # There is no need for install() since there is no code.
diff --git a/spack-ext/repos/spack-stack/packages/global-workflow-env/package.py b/spack-ext/repos/spack-stack/packages/global-workflow-env/package.py
index c80be09a0..3879d4767 100644
--- a/spack-ext/repos/spack-stack/packages/global-workflow-env/package.py
+++ b/spack-ext/repos/spack-stack/packages/global-workflow-env/package.py
@@ -43,8 +43,10 @@ class GlobalWorkflowEnv(BundlePackage):
     depends_on("wgrib2", when="%apple-clang")
     depends_on("wgrib2", when="%gcc")
     depends_on("wgrib2", when="%intel")
-    depends_on("met")
-    depends_on("metplus")
+    depends_on("met@9.1.3", when="%gcc")
+    depends_on("met@9.1.3", when="%intel")
+    depends_on("metplus@3.1.1", when="%gcc")
+    depends_on("metplus@3.1.1", when="%intel")
     depends_on("gsi-ncdiag")
     depends_on("crtm@2.4.0.1")
     depends_on("py-wxflow", when="+python")