diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index cc389657..f132d749 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ fxDONOTUSEurl = https://github.com/NorESMHub/NorESM_share
 [submodule "blom"]
 path = components/blom
 url = https://github.com/NorESMhub/BLOM.git
-fxtag = dev1.6.1.12
+fxtag = v1.7.0
 fxrequired = ToplevelRequired
 fxDONOTUSEurl = https://github.com/NorESMhub/BLOM.git
 
diff --git a/components/blom b/components/blom
index 98169b19..b039f557 160000
--- a/components/blom
+++ b/components/blom
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit 98169b19c9359d030c13964ae744eb469b101bb1
+Subproject commit b039f5574ce38da6fe84eb525e8a38539f9c7f51