diff --git a/Apps/time_ave_util.F90 b/Apps/time_ave_util.F90
index b0b1f973d054..71f664fb88fb 100644
--- a/Apps/time_ave_util.F90
+++ b/Apps/time_ave_util.F90
@@ -566,10 +566,11 @@ program  time_ave
          endif
 
          if( trim(quadratics(3,nv)).ne.'XXX' ) vname2(mv) = trim(quadratics(3,nv))
-
-         nstar = index( trim(quadratics(1,nv)),'star',back=.true. )
+ 
+         nstar = 0
+         if (allow_zonal_means) nstar = index( trim(quadratics(1,nv)),'star',back=.true. )
          if( nstar.ne.0 ) then
-            _ASSERT(allow_zonal_means,"grid is not lat-lon so cannot compute zonal means")
+!            _ASSERT(allow_zonal_means,"grid is not lat-lon so cannot compute zonal means")
             lzstar(nv) = .TRUE.
             vtitle2(mv) = "Product_of_Zonal_Mean_Deviations_of_" // trim(vname(qloc(1,nv))) // "_and_" // trim(vname(qloc(2,nv)))
          endif
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 32ac67a01e17..46e66724827f 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -17,6 +17,18 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 
 ### Deprecated
 
+## [v2.35.3+R21C_v1.3.1] - 2024-10-22
+
+### Fixed
+
+- Updates quadratics list to avoid zonal mean trigger for cubed-sphere fields in `time_ave_util.x`
+
+## [v2.35.3+R21C_v1.3.0] - 2024-09-18
+
+### Changed
+
+- Add prints when calling `ESMF_FieldBundleRead` and `ESMF_FieldBundleWrite`
+
 ## [v2.35.3+R21C_v1.2.0] - 2024-06-21
 
 ### Changed