diff --git a/external_packages/get_freestream-milne.sh b/external_packages/get_freestream-milne.sh
index 0f7e34dc..79ca341d 100755
--- a/external_packages/get_freestream-milne.sh
+++ b/external_packages/get_freestream-milne.sh
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
 
 # using a commit from the freestream-milne repository that is compatible with X-SCAPE 1.1.1
 folderName="freestream-milne"
-commitHash="94722958595cb712fdb00cc59375ad7c9030faed"
+commitHash="e0a21feb48a922b4b4541ab0e4d745c65594bb5f"
 
 git clone https://github.com/chunshen1987/freestream-milne -b time_step_history $folderName
 cd $folderName
diff --git a/external_packages/get_iSS.sh b/external_packages/get_iSS.sh
index f8dceefb..4b8693da 100755
--- a/external_packages/get_iSS.sh
+++ b/external_packages/get_iSS.sh
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 
 # using a commit from the iSS repository that is compatible with X-SCAPE 1.1.1
 folderName="iSS"
-commitHash="9d1847c8b6e02be6f018cf5b1003fdf6085d328f"
+commitHash="db176d4cfaf804c9963f6927577d540f5f8be530"
 
 rm -fr iSS
 git clone https://github.com/chunshen1987/iSS -b JETSCAPE iSS
diff --git a/external_packages/get_music.sh b/external_packages/get_music.sh
index 60d1c28c..1662de06 100755
--- a/external_packages/get_music.sh
+++ b/external_packages/get_music.sh
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 ##############################################################################
 
 folderName="music"
-commitHash="ace023d23df3024bf4a6e43a29e8c5e4b7e32d04"
+commitHash="fdcce5d9f63fc25281eda8d498c32c69ac132dac"
 
 # download the code package
 rm -fr $folderName