diff --git a/etc/settings.csh b/etc/settings.csh
index edafa90716f489595feba4a9a617796f0cbbd2b7..495c9324e97ff24347595afb0f203026883d18b7 100644
--- a/etc/settings.csh
+++ b/etc/settings.csh
@@ -118,8 +118,7 @@ unset MPI_ARCH_PATH
 
 switch ("$WM_MPLIB")
 case OPENMPI:
-    # set mpi_version=openmpi-1.3.3
-    set mpi_version=openmpi-1.3.2
+    set mpi_version=openmpi-1.3.3
     setenv MPI_HOME $WM_THIRD_PARTY_DIR/$mpi_version
     setenv MPI_ARCH_PATH $MPI_HOME/platforms/$WM_OPTIONS
 
diff --git a/etc/settings.sh b/etc/settings.sh
index 1203a843a05aafc2cd6b6eb121bc41c05cb1443d..6d640d20686b4edc72be5972b3833f70855fe87c 100644
--- a/etc/settings.sh
+++ b/etc/settings.sh
@@ -142,8 +142,7 @@ unset MPI_ARCH_PATH
 
 case "$WM_MPLIB" in
 OPENMPI)
-    # mpi_version=openmpi-1.3.3
-    mpi_version=openmpi-1.3.2
+    mpi_version=openmpi-1.3.3
     export MPI_HOME=$WM_THIRD_PARTY_DIR/$mpi_version
     export MPI_ARCH_PATH=$MPI_HOME/platforms/$WM_OPTIONS