diff --git a/cmake/Modules/Packages/KOKKOS.cmake b/cmake/Modules/Packages/KOKKOS.cmake
index 7f23a6f777..2117397494 100644
--- a/cmake/Modules/Packages/KOKKOS.cmake
+++ b/cmake/Modules/Packages/KOKKOS.cmake
@@ -47,8 +47,8 @@ if(DOWNLOAD_KOKKOS)
   list(APPEND KOKKOS_LIB_BUILD_ARGS "-DCMAKE_CXX_EXTENSIONS=${CMAKE_CXX_EXTENSIONS}")
   list(APPEND KOKKOS_LIB_BUILD_ARGS "-DCMAKE_TOOLCHAIN_FILE=${CMAKE_TOOLCHAIN_FILE}")
   include(ExternalProject)
-  set(KOKKOS_URL "https://github.com/kokkos/kokkos/archive/3.6.01.tar.gz" CACHE STRING "URL for KOKKOS tarball")
-  set(KOKKOS_MD5 "0ec97fc0c356dd65bd2487defe81a7bf" CACHE STRING "MD5 checksum of KOKKOS tarball")
+  set(KOKKOS_URL "https://github.com/kokkos/kokkos/archive/3.7.00.tar.gz" CACHE STRING "URL for KOKKOS tarball")
+  set(KOKKOS_MD5 "84991eca9f066383abe119a5bc7a11c4" CACHE STRING "MD5 checksum of KOKKOS tarball")
   mark_as_advanced(KOKKOS_URL)
   mark_as_advanced(KOKKOS_MD5)
   ExternalProject_Add(kokkos_build
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ if(DOWNLOAD_KOKKOS)
   add_dependencies(LAMMPS::KOKKOSCORE kokkos_build)
   add_dependencies(LAMMPS::KOKKOSCONTAINERS kokkos_build)
 elseif(EXTERNAL_KOKKOS)
-  find_package(Kokkos 3.6.01 REQUIRED CONFIG)
+  find_package(Kokkos 3.7.00 REQUIRED CONFIG)
   target_link_libraries(lammps PRIVATE Kokkos::kokkos)
   target_link_libraries(lmp PRIVATE Kokkos::kokkos)
 else()