diff --git a/cmake/Modules/Packages/ML-PACE.cmake b/cmake/Modules/Packages/ML-PACE.cmake
index 0159f36c34..b64584e5a7 100644
--- a/cmake/Modules/Packages/ML-PACE.cmake
+++ b/cmake/Modules/Packages/ML-PACE.cmake
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
-set(PACELIB_URL "https://github.com/ICAMS/lammps-user-pace/archive/refs/tags/v.2022.10.15.tar.gz" CACHE STRING "URL for PACE evaluator library sources")
+set(PACELIB_URL "https://github.com/ICAMS/lammps-user-pace/archive/refs/tags/v.2023.01.3.tar.gz" CACHE STRING "URL for PACE evaluator library sources")
 
-set(PACELIB_MD5 "848ad6a6cc79fa82745927001fb1c9b5" CACHE STRING "MD5 checksum of PACE evaluator library tarball")
+set(PACELIB_MD5 "f418d32b60e531063ac4285bf702b468" CACHE STRING "MD5 checksum of PACE evaluator library tarball")
 mark_as_advanced(PACELIB_URL)
 mark_as_advanced(PACELIB_MD5)
 
diff --git a/lib/pace/Install.py b/lib/pace/Install.py
index 9f132a9580..f7f50d4f6d 100644
--- a/lib/pace/Install.py
+++ b/lib/pace/Install.py
@@ -18,11 +18,11 @@ from install_helpers import fullpath, geturl, checkmd5sum
 # settings
 
 thisdir = fullpath('.')
-version ='v.2022.10.15'
+version ='v.2023.01.3'
 
 # known checksums for different PACE versions. used to validate the download.
 checksums = { \
-    'v.2022.10.15': '848ad6a6cc79fa82745927001fb1c9b5'
+    'v.2023.01.3': 'f418d32b60e531063ac4285bf702b468'
 }
 
 parser = ArgumentParser(prog='Install.py', description="LAMMPS library build wrapper script")