diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index 5cff343..28ba972 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -43,3 +43,6 @@
 [submodule "GFE"]
 	path = GFE
 	url = https://github.com/Goddard-Fortran-Ecosystem/GFE.git
+[submodule "xgboost"]
+	path = xgboost
+	url = https://github.com/dmlc/xgboost.git
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 399de94..dcc2593 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -8,6 +8,24 @@
 ### Removed
 ### Added
 
+## [7.2.0] - 2022-06-03
+
+### Added
+
+* xgboost v1.6.0
+
+### Updates
+
+* GFE v1.3.1
+* curl 7.83.1
+* HDF5 1.10.9
+* NCO 5.0.7
+* CDO 2.0.5
+
+### Removed
+
+- Removed NAG HDF5 patch as 1.10.9 does not seem to need it anymore
+
 ## [7.1.0] - 2022-05-10
 
 ### Updates
diff --git a/GFE b/GFE
index 614e7d0..3306949 160000
--- a/GFE
+++ b/GFE
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit 614e7d01ff7af43023735cb88901b3bc5384edfd
+Subproject commit 3306949fb4ee1254ddbf0c1398468498a4afbed4
diff --git a/GNUmakefile b/GNUmakefile
index 71e1339..bcacc9f 100644
--- a/GNUmakefile
+++ b/GNUmakefile
@@ -244,7 +244,7 @@ RELEASE_FILE = $(MKFILE_DIRNAME)-$(DATE)
 #                  --------------------------------
 
 ALLDIRS = antlr2 gsl jpeg zlib szlib curl hdf4 hdf5 netcdf netcdf-fortran netcdf-cxx4 \
-          udunits2 nco cdo nccmp esmf \
+          udunits2 nco cdo nccmp esmf xgboost \
           GFE \
           FLAP hdfeos hdfeos5 SDPToolkit
 
@@ -268,7 +268,7 @@ endif
 
 GFE_DIRS = GFE
 
-ESSENTIAL_DIRS = jpeg zlib szlib hdf4 hdf5 netcdf netcdf-fortran esmf \
+ESSENTIAL_DIRS = jpeg zlib szlib hdf4 hdf5 netcdf netcdf-fortran esmf xgboost \
                  $(GFE_DIRS) FLAP
 
 ifeq ($(MACH),aarch64)
@@ -445,7 +445,7 @@ clean:
 	  done
 
 distclean:
-	@/bin/rm -rf *.config *.install *.check
+	@/bin/rm -rf *.config *.install *.check *.python
 	@ t=$@; argv="$(SUBDIRS)" ;\
 	  for d in $$argv; do			      \
 	    ( $(MAKE) $$d.$$t ) \
@@ -499,13 +499,7 @@ hdf4.config: hdf4/README.txt jpeg.install zlib.install szlib.install
                       CFLAGS="$(CFLAGS) $(NO_IMPLICIT_FUNCTION_ERROR)" FFLAGS="$(NAG_FCFLAGS) $(NAG_DUSTY) $(ALLOW_ARGUMENT_MISMATCH)" CC=$(CC) FC=$(FC) CXX=$(CXX) )
 	touch $@
 
-ifeq ($(findstring nagfor,$(notdir $(FC))),nagfor)
-hdf5.config :: hdf5/README.txt
-	@echo Patching HDF5 for NAG
-	patch -f -p1 < ./patches/hdf5/nag.configure.patch
-endif
-
-hdf5.config :: hdf5/README.txt szlib.install zlib.install
+hdf5.config :: hdf5/README.md szlib.install zlib.install
 	echo Configuring hdf5
 	(cd hdf5; \
           export PATH="$(prefix)/bin:$(PATH)" ;\
@@ -520,12 +514,6 @@ hdf5.config :: hdf5/README.txt szlib.install zlib.install
                       CFLAGS="$(CFLAGS) $(HDF5_NCCS_MPT_CFLAG)" FCFLAGS="$(NAG_FCFLAGS)" CC=$(NC_CC) FC=$(NC_FC) CXX=$(NC_CXX) F77=$(NC_F77) )
 	touch $@
 
-ifeq ($(findstring nagfor,$(notdir $(FC))),nagfor)
-hdf5.config :: hdf5/README.txt
-	@echo Unpatching HDF5 for NAG
-	patch -f -p1 -R < ./patches/hdf5/nag.configure.patch
-endif
-
 ifneq ("$(wildcard $(prefix)/bin/curl-config)","")
 BUILD_DAP = --enable-dap
 LIB_CURL = $(shell $(prefix)/bin/curl-config --libs) $(DARWIN_ST_LIBS)
@@ -722,6 +710,13 @@ nccmp.config: nccmp/configure netcdf.install
                       FCFLAGS="$(NAG_FCFLAGS)" CC=$(NC_CC) FC=$(NC_FC) CXX=$(NC_CXX) F77=$(NC_F77) )
 	@touch $@
 
+xgboost.config:
+	@echo "Configuring xgboost"
+	@mkdir -p ./xgboost/build
+	@(cd ./xgboost/build; \
+		cmake -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=$(prefix) .. )
+	@touch $@
+
 GFE.config:
 	@echo "Configuring GFE"
 	@mkdir -p ./GFE/build
@@ -896,6 +891,12 @@ nccmp.install: nccmp.config
           $(MAKE) install CC=$(NC_CC) FC=$(NC_FC) CXX=$(NC_CXX) F77=$(NC_F77))
 	@touch $@
 
+xgboost.install: xgboost.config
+	@echo "Installing xgboost"
+	@(cd ./xgboost/build; \
+		$(MAKE) install )
+	@touch $@
+
 GFE.install: GFE.config
 	@echo "Installing GFE"
 	@(cd ./GFE/build; \
@@ -1051,6 +1052,14 @@ netcdf-cxx4.distclean:
 	@echo "Cleaning netcdf-cxx4"
 	@rm -rf ./netcdf-cxx4/build
 
+xgboost.clean:
+	@echo "Cleaning xgboost"
+	@rm -rf ./xgboost/build
+
+xgboost.distclean:
+	@echo "Cleaning xgboost"
+	@rm -rf ./xgboost/build
+
 GFE.clean:
 	@echo "Cleaning GFE"
 	@rm -rf ./GFE/build
@@ -1095,6 +1104,9 @@ curl.check: curl.install
 	@echo "Checking curl"
 	@echo "We explicitly do not check cURL due to how long it takes"
 
+xgboost.check: xgboost.install
+	@echo "Not sure how to check xgboost"
+
 GFE.check: GFE.install
 	@echo "Checking GFE"
 	@echo "This requires a re-CMake to enable testing"
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 7664c3d..97581cd 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -16,18 +16,19 @@ NASA/GSFC.
 | [netCDF](https://github.com/Unidata/netcdf-c)                           | 4.8.1        |
 | [netCDF Fortran](https://github.com/Unidata/netcdf-fortran)             | 4.5.4        |
 | [netCDF C++](https://github.com/Unidata/netcdf-cxx4)                    | 4.3.1        |
-| [HDF5](https://portal.hdfgroup.org/display/support)                     | 1.10.8       |
+| [HDF5](https://portal.hdfgroup.org/display/support)                     | 1.10.9       |
 | [HDF4](https://portal.hdfgroup.org/display/support)                     | 4.2.15       |
-| [GFE](https://github.com/Goddard-Fortran-Ecosystem/GFE)                 | v1.2.0       |
+| [GFE](https://github.com/Goddard-Fortran-Ecosystem/GFE)                 | v1.3.1       |
+| [xgboost](https://github.com/dmlc/xgboost)                              | v1.6.0       |
 | [antlr2](https://www.antlr2.org/)                                       | 2.7.7        |
 | [GSL](https://www.gnu.org/software/gsl/)                                | 2.7          |
 | [jpeg](http://www.ijg.org/)                                             | 9e           |
 | [zlib](http://www.zlib.net/)                                            | 1.2.11       |
 | [szip](https://support.hdfgroup.org/doc_resource/SZIP/)                 | 2.1.1        |
-| [cURL](https://curl.haxx.se/)                                           | 7.80.0       |
+| [cURL](https://curl.haxx.se/)                                           | 7.83.1       |
 | [UDUNITS2](https://github.com/Unidata/UDUNITS-2)                        | 2.2.26       |
-| [NCO](http://nco.sourceforge.net/)                                      | 5.0.6        |
-| [CDO](https://code.mpimet.mpg.de/projects/cdo)                          | 2.0.4        |
+| [NCO](http://nco.sourceforge.net/)                                      | 5.0.7        |
+| [CDO](https://code.mpimet.mpg.de/projects/cdo)                          | 2.0.5        |
 | [nccmp](https://gitlab.com/remikz/nccmp)                                | 1.9.1.0      |
 | [FLAP](https://github.com/mathomp4/FLAP)                                | geos/v1.10.0 |
 | [HDF-EOS2](https://wiki.earthdata.nasa.gov/display/DAS)                 | 3.0          |
diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index a3fcc71..0ee843c 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-7.1.0
+7.2.0
diff --git a/curl b/curl
index 9e560d1..462196e 160000
--- a/curl
+++ b/curl
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit 9e560d11aad028de74addc0d1edfefa5667884f4
+Subproject commit 462196e6b4a47f924293a0e26b8e9c23d37ac26f
diff --git a/hdf5 b/hdf5
index 111c7ae..1d90890 160000
--- a/hdf5
+++ b/hdf5
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit 111c7ae9ac2efc29e8b399e6951253af9110b81a
+Subproject commit 1d90890a7b38834074169ce56720b7ea7f4b01ae
diff --git a/nco b/nco
index b41087f..aa843e6 160000
--- a/nco
+++ b/nco
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit b41087f09ed5785e8b1e779aed90699efdbda65e
+Subproject commit aa843e6bd190452eb949c91916c32f5a8c4f6d1a
diff --git a/patches/hdf5/nag.configure.patch b/patches/hdf5/nag.configure.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 702a677..0000000
--- a/patches/hdf5/nag.configure.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,23 +0,0 @@
---- a/hdf5/configure
-+++ b/hdf5/configure
-@@ -7925,7 +7925,8 @@ if ac_fn_fc_try_run "$LINENO"; then :
-
-
-         pac_validIntKinds="`sed -n '1p' pac_fconftest.out`"
--	pac_validRealKinds="`sed -n '2p' pac_fconftest.out`"
-+	#pac_validRealKinds="`sed -n '2p' pac_fconftest.out`"
-+	pac_validRealKinds="1,2,3"
-         PAC_FC_MAX_REAL_PRECISION="`sed -n '3p' pac_fconftest.out`"
-
- cat >>confdefs.h <<_ACEOF
-@@ -8097,7 +8098,8 @@ if ac_fn_fc_try_run "$LINENO"; then :
-
-
-         pac_validIntKinds="`sed -n '1p' pac_fconftest.out`"
--	pac_validRealKinds="`sed -n '2p' pac_fconftest.out`"
-+	#pac_validRealKinds="`sed -n '2p' pac_fconftest.out`"
-+	pac_validRealKinds="1,2,3"
-         PAC_FC_MAX_REAL_PRECISION="`sed -n '3p' pac_fconftest.out`"
-
- cat >>confdefs.h <<_ACEOF
-
diff --git a/scripts/cdo.sha512 b/scripts/cdo.sha512
index 2bd4a68..5a046e6 100644
--- a/scripts/cdo.sha512
+++ b/scripts/cdo.sha512
@@ -1 +1 @@
-ad6a666eb99631a829139a07e0eda0e93ff09d9cdbc329ec4413af7fe234305e9565899f54424ed8871c5734d4d70264d2ea16e09686c9152ca50553d96c1975  cdo-2.0.4.tar.gz
+7aaa8b7c536085f4e4a328a6f49891e00a4662357cd2923cf331c4ae61bb7fb2691d8740dbd75384f1e2d41a3660f79a1122ff2983a7c0c373d6a63a3af9e2c8  cdo-2.0.5.tar.gz
diff --git a/scripts/download_cdo.bash b/scripts/download_cdo.bash
index aa04be0..d21601c 100755
--- a/scripts/download_cdo.bash
+++ b/scripts/download_cdo.bash
@@ -5,9 +5,9 @@
 # --------------
 
 package_name='cdo'
-tarball='cdo-2.0.4.tar.gz'
+tarball='cdo-2.0.5.tar.gz'
 # NOTE NOTE The last node of this URL changes with each new version
-base_url='https://code.mpimet.mpg.de/attachments/download/26761/'
+base_url='https://code.mpimet.mpg.de/attachments/download/26823/'
 
 export LMOD_SH_DBG_ON=0
 
diff --git a/xgboost b/xgboost
new file mode 160000
index 0000000..f75c007
--- /dev/null
+++ b/xgboost
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Subproject commit f75c007f27ae2a3b0f8b4db7930a2179431ea55f