diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index 0176e8431c..0ceaa9a13f 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -186,7 +186,7 @@ fxDONOTUSEurl = https://github.com/NCAR/ParallelIO
 [submodule "cice"]
 path = components/cice
 url = https://github.com/ESCOMP/CESM_CICE
-fxtag = cesm_cice6_5_0_12
+fxtag = cesm3_cice6_6_0_5
 fxrequired = ToplevelRequired
 fxDONOTUSEurl = https://github.com/ESCOMP/CESM_CICE
 
diff --git a/components/cice b/components/cice
index f14ec8339b..787d3ccf3b 160000
--- a/components/cice
+++ b/components/cice
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit f14ec8339bc5bc4a7a0664da5e247b5cfda531a1
+Subproject commit 787d3ccf3b242214b0add3e474672f0609efcf2d