diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index cdeafc917..76d78c90c 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 [submodule "morpheus_utils"]
 	path = external/utilities
 	url = https://github.com/nv-morpheus/utilities.git
-	branch = branch-23.03
+	branch = branch-23.07