diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index 1f7526633..420ebd580 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -8,5 +8,7 @@
 	branch = master
 [submodule "ccpp/physics"]
 	path = ccpp/physics
-	url = https://github.com/NCAR/ccpp-physics
-	branch = master
+	#url = https://github.com/NCAR/ccpp-physics
+	#branch = master
+	url = https://github.com/climbfuji/ccpp-physics
+	branch = threading_aerosol_interp_noahmp_init
diff --git a/ccpp/physics b/ccpp/physics
index 990b9d041..6b997420d 160000
--- a/ccpp/physics
+++ b/ccpp/physics
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit 990b9d0416e340e40e4b136561a85f63d46671e2
+Subproject commit 6b997420d4f40a29e2b4c40db9429a62b52dcfc5