diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index 38171871..c6e47078 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
 [submodule "models/oasis3-mct"]
         path = models/oasis3-mct
         url = https://icg4geo.icg.kfa-juelich.de/ExternalReposPublic/oasis3-mct
-	branch = v5.0_patched
+	branch = v5.0_patched_debug_netcdf
 [submodule "models/CLM3.5"]
 	path = models/CLM3.5
 	url = https://github.com/HPSCTerrSys/CLM3.5.git
diff --git a/models/oasis3-mct b/models/oasis3-mct
index 5253349d..5af6fa50 160000
--- a/models/oasis3-mct
+++ b/models/oasis3-mct
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit 5253349d4ce15259fcd76e0443495c1ddb7788bb
+Subproject commit 5af6fa50ff31905c32a18cb5f95d8fca27f156b0