diff --git a/components/elm/bld/namelist_files/namelist_defaults.xml b/components/elm/bld/namelist_files/namelist_defaults.xml
index 7d2390d267b1..896fe5d73969 100644
--- a/components/elm/bld/namelist_files/namelist_defaults.xml
+++ b/components/elm/bld/namelist_files/namelist_defaults.xml
@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ attributes from the config_cache.xml file (with keys converted to upper-case).
 <!-- ================================================================== -->
 <!-- FATES default parameter file                                       -->
 <!-- ================================================================== -->
-<fates_paramfile >lnd/clm2/paramdata/fates_params_api.36.1.0_12pft_c240926.nc</fates_paramfile>
+<fates_paramfile >lnd/clm2/paramdata/fates_params_api.36.1.0_14pft_c241003.nc</fates_paramfile>
 
 <!-- soil order related parameters (relative to {csmdata}) -->
 <fsoilordercon             >lnd/clm2/paramdata/CNP_parameters_c131108.nc</fsoilordercon>