diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index 9aec517c..93006718 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 [submodule "src/SOILWAT2"]
 	path = src/SOILWAT2
 	url = https://github.com/DrylandEcology/SOILWAT2
-	branch = release/devel_v8.0.0
\ No newline at end of file
+	branch = master
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/DESCRIPTION b/DESCRIPTION
index 05512b64..516e15fd 100644
--- a/DESCRIPTION
+++ b/DESCRIPTION
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 Package: rSOILWAT2
-Version: 6.1.0-9000
+Version: 6.1.0
 Title: An Ecohydrological Ecosystem-Scale Water Balance Simulation Model
 Description: Access to the C-based SOILWAT2 v8.0.0 and functionality for
   SQLite-database of weather data.
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ URL: https://github.com/DrylandEcology/rSOILWAT2
 BugReports: https://github.com/DrylandEcology/rSOILWAT2/issues
 Encoding: UTF-8
 Config/testthat/edition: 3
-RoxygenNote: 7.3.1
+RoxygenNote: 7.3.2
 LazyData: true
 Language: en-US
 VignetteBuilder: knitr
diff --git a/src/SOILWAT2 b/src/SOILWAT2
index a8fadff3..3e5657a3 160000
--- a/src/SOILWAT2
+++ b/src/SOILWAT2
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit a8fadff327c49fae399903aa303f4d7ef746bdb9
+Subproject commit 3e5657a3c36e4dca4df1c8c1e18884dfa3ee0fb9