diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index a4e4d00c2..779a7faa7 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -77,6 +77,10 @@
   path = sorc/fms
   url = https://github.com/jcsda/fms.git
   branch = release-stable
+[submodule "sorc/jcb"]
+  path = sorc/jcb
+  url = https://github.com/noaa-emc/jcb.git
+  branch = develop
 [submodule "parm/jcb-gdas"]
   path = parm/jcb-gdas
   url = https://github.com/noaa-emc/jcb-gdas
diff --git a/parm/jcb-gdas b/parm/jcb-gdas
index 0d66231f3..70c44e563 160000
--- a/parm/jcb-gdas
+++ b/parm/jcb-gdas
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit 0d66231f35143d61a4dcca468945e8944bf1c3bc
+Subproject commit 70c44e5631282a87e9c58eea14b4a3a98680222c
diff --git a/sorc/jcb b/sorc/jcb
new file mode 160000
index 000000000..faee9f4c0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sorc/jcb
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Subproject commit faee9f4c029de3d9c9749ce5d12f4e97eb90c022