diff --git a/bld/namelist_files/namelist_defaults_fire_emis.xml b/bld/namelist_files/namelist_defaults_fire_emis.xml
index 54e67424d5..ad74eafd16 100644
--- a/bld/namelist_files/namelist_defaults_fire_emis.xml
+++ b/bld/namelist_files/namelist_defaults_fire_emis.xml
@@ -17,6 +17,6 @@ attributes from the config_cache.xml file (with keys converted to upper-case).
'bc_a1 = BC','pom_a1 = 1.4*OC','SO2 = SO2'
-lnd/clm2/firedata/fire_emis_factors_c140116.nc
+lnd/clm2/firedata/fire_emission_factors_78PFTs_c20240624.nc