diff --git a/components/mpas-ocean/bld/namelist_files/namelist_defaults_mpaso.xml b/components/mpas-ocean/bld/namelist_files/namelist_defaults_mpaso.xml
index 32f354f5e4ea..e246729b3429 100644
--- a/components/mpas-ocean/bld/namelist_files/namelist_defaults_mpaso.xml
+++ b/components/mpas-ocean/bld/namelist_files/namelist_defaults_mpaso.xml
@@ -49,8 +49,8 @@
'00:10:00'
'00:30:00'
'00:30:00'
-'00:07:30'
-'00:03:45'
+'00:08:00'
+'00:04:00'
'00:02:00'
'00:01:00'
'split_explicit_ab2'
diff --git a/components/mpas-seaice/bld/namelist_files/namelist_defaults_mpassi.xml b/components/mpas-seaice/bld/namelist_files/namelist_defaults_mpassi.xml
index 2ba6a7b2b4bc..a47e57981592 100644
--- a/components/mpas-seaice/bld/namelist_files/namelist_defaults_mpassi.xml
+++ b/components/mpas-seaice/bld/namelist_files/namelist_defaults_mpassi.xml
@@ -25,10 +25,10 @@
1800.0
1800.0
1800.0
-1800.0
-1800.0
-1800.0
-1800.0
+480.0
+240.0
+120.0
+60.0
'noleap'
'2000-01-01_00:00:00'
'none'
diff --git a/driver-mct/cime_config/config_component_e3sm.xml b/driver-mct/cime_config/config_component_e3sm.xml
index 5d582b41b438..1690c26b94e4 100755
--- a/driver-mct/cime_config/config_component_e3sm.xml
+++ b/driver-mct/cime_config/config_component_e3sm.xml
@@ -369,6 +369,10 @@
24
48
48
+ 180
+ 360
+ 720
+ 1440
48
48
96