diff --git a/cmake/ExternalGitTags.cmake b/cmake/ExternalGitTags.cmake
index d37e45e4d..e6dfd04e5 100644
--- a/cmake/ExternalGitTags.cmake
+++ b/cmake/ExternalGitTags.cmake
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ set(EXTERN_ARPACK_GIT_BRANCH
   "Git branch for external ARPACK-NG build"
 )
 set(EXTERN_ARPACK_GIT_TAG
-  "217e25ac7c48b5d05d31120475c8e1eeaf543bbd" CACHE STRING
+  "0b3038d139f874a423ba6a1cdf5098fc15336848" CACHE STRING
   "Git tag for external ARPACK-NG build"
 )
 
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ set(EXTERN_BUTTERFLYPACK_GIT_BRANCH
   "Git branch for external ButterflyPACK build"
 )
 set(EXTERN_BUTTERFLYPACK_GIT_TAG
-  "7410fca61c188daab40f55c235ab7fad16ee5856" CACHE STRING
+  "28e9380ef938a46a6ac49427146fc0ea0cc9b0eb" CACHE STRING
   "Git tag for external ButterflyPACK build"
 )
 
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ set(EXTERN_HYPRE_GIT_BRANCH
   "Git branch for external HYPRE build"
 )
 set(EXTERN_HYPRE_GIT_TAG
-  "0dcae3ec7c069785ea25d25aa0bc0c7aa8b0be8d" CACHE STRING
+  "9ce3349795641d183374d038d63a450d054bce43" CACHE STRING
   "Git tag for external HYPRE build"
 )
 
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ set(EXTERN_LIBCEED_GIT_BRANCH
   "Git branch for external libCEED build"
 )
 set(EXTERN_LIBCEED_GIT_TAG
-  "ef9a992f4cf09f2be4ec72f649495c67ec03f813" CACHE STRING
+  "371292c6899b4ba6dfcdd133b072ac320618458b" CACHE STRING
   "Git tag for external libCEED build"
 )
 
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ set(EXTERN_LIBXSMM_GIT_BRANCH
   "Git branch for external LIBXSMM build"
 )
 set(EXTERN_LIBXSMM_GIT_TAG
-  "953405207f32369cd74d757681ce476fe89768b6" CACHE STRING
+  "f5cb6f5d32a9527351dfce1b367e32055a1e759b" CACHE STRING
   "Git tag for external LIBXSMM build"
 )
 
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ set(EXTERN_MAGMA_GIT_BRANCH
   "Git branch for external MAGMA build"
 )
 set(EXTERN_MAGMA_GIT_TAG
-  "e20a6748d9e7067c0946036b9c6d5caa022051db" CACHE STRING
+  "3bec2af7a08f32d78e413bf4203a64532764460e" CACHE STRING
   "Git tag for external MAGMA build"
 )
 
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@ set(EXTERN_MFEM_GIT_BRANCH
   "Git branch for external MFEM build"
 )
 set(EXTERN_MFEM_GIT_TAG
-  "9a327eeca6472254e8bdefc1527aa130250e528e" CACHE STRING  # master @ 05/18/2024
+  "988439f60a9902e29572b83dcb2a142eb8da3dbd" CACHE STRING
   "Git tag for external MFEM build"
 )
 
@@ -146,7 +146,7 @@ set(EXTERN_MUMPS_GIT_BRANCH
   "Git branch for external MUMPS build"
 )
 set(EXTERN_MUMPS_GIT_TAG
-  "b00cc7c9fc6127e07d6583a8c50c727508ea1c6e" CACHE STRING
+  "33db6a7c04094ea2393522873148628cd8d13ea7" CACHE STRING
   "Git tag for external MUMPS build"
 )
 
@@ -174,7 +174,7 @@ set(EXTERN_PETSC_GIT_BRANCH
   "Git branch for external PETSc build"
 )
 set(EXTERN_PETSC_GIT_TAG
-  "e6938432041f05a2617386d95f6ba21e1677d3e7" CACHE STRING
+  "286aa49c2a5e5b47208eefb5ad1ff389e936110b" CACHE STRING
   "Git tag for external PETSc build"
 )
 
@@ -202,7 +202,7 @@ set(EXTERN_SLEPC_GIT_BRANCH
   "Git branch for external SLEPc build"
 )
 set(EXTERN_SLEPC_GIT_TAG
-  "2c2766ada27519a79c9f9d9634b730afb4010d95" CACHE STRING
+  "ffa1d78448240d13360ff0555c46d4e767792d2c" CACHE STRING
   "Git tag for external SLEPc build"
 )
 
@@ -216,7 +216,7 @@ set(EXTERN_STRUMPACK_GIT_BRANCH
   "Git branch for external STRUMPACK build"
 )
 set(EXTERN_STRUMPACK_GIT_TAG
-  "c318456692bf25ff2781c48fc89297a7c7ff6c3d" CACHE STRING
+  "cf768ce0977904f2991ea9844e5164dd39a15102" CACHE STRING
   "Git tag for external STRUMPACK build"
 )
 
@@ -230,7 +230,7 @@ set(EXTERN_SUPERLU_GIT_BRANCH
   "Git branch for external SuperLU_DIST build"
 )
 set(EXTERN_SUPERLU_GIT_TAG
-  "2e39ceca001f594dc63426f2b500c82f5ce312a3" CACHE STRING
+  "ea4d47b206387a1592eea46493519d57cf3984d6" CACHE STRING
   "Git tag for external SuperLU_DIST build"
 )
 
@@ -244,7 +244,7 @@ set(EXTERN_ZFP_GIT_BRANCH
   "Git branch for external ZFP build"
 )
 set(EXTERN_ZFP_GIT_TAG
-  "6aa2dae1c1bf700f062f386e81cc71796929c30e" CACHE STRING
+  "5c976d8da013988174f931845862b6f94119cade" CACHE STRING
   "Git tag for external ZFP build"
 )
 
diff --git a/cmake/ExternalMFEM.cmake b/cmake/ExternalMFEM.cmake
index 0f3896ef2..296d8770f 100644
--- a/cmake/ExternalMFEM.cmake
+++ b/cmake/ExternalMFEM.cmake
@@ -357,7 +357,6 @@ set(MFEM_PATCH_FILES
   "${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/extern/patch/mfem/patch_mfem_device_fixes.diff"
   "${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/extern/patch/mfem/patch_mesh_vis_dev.diff"
   "${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/extern/patch/mfem/patch_mesh_prism_vtu_fix.diff"
-  "${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/extern/patch/mfem/patch_mesh_part_const.diff"
   "${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/extern/patch/mfem/patch_par_tet_mesh_fix_dev.diff"
   "${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/extern/patch/mfem/patch_gmsh_parser_performance.diff"
 )
diff --git a/cmake/ExternalMUMPS.cmake b/cmake/ExternalMUMPS.cmake
index aeefcce26..477ff1778 100644
--- a/cmake/ExternalMUMPS.cmake
+++ b/cmake/ExternalMUMPS.cmake
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ list(APPEND MUMPS_OPTIONS
   "-DCMAKE_C_FLAGS=${CMAKE_C_FLAGS}"
   "-DCMAKE_Fortran_COMPILER=${CMAKE_Fortran_COMPILER}"
   "-DCMAKE_Fortran_FLAGS=${CMAKE_Fortran_FLAGS}"
-  "-Dparallel=ON"
+  "-DMUMPS_parallel=ON"
   "-Dopenmp=${PALACE_WITH_OPENMP}"
   "-Dintsize64=OFF"
   "-DBUILD_SINGLE=OFF"
diff --git a/extern/patch/mumps/patch_build.diff b/extern/patch/mumps/patch_build.diff
index 018e73fee..db6145998 100644
--- a/extern/patch/mumps/patch_build.diff
+++ b/extern/patch/mumps/patch_build.diff
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
-index 88bcfb0..7d87397 100644
+index 637122a..9306afa 100644
 --- a/CMakeLists.txt
 +++ b/CMakeLists.txt
 @@ -43,10 +43,7 @@ find_package(Threads)
  
- if(parallel)
+ if(MUMPS_parallel)
    find_package(MPI COMPONENTS C Fortran REQUIRED)
--  if(NOT DEFINED ENV{MKLROOT} OR NOT scalapack)
+-  if(NOT DEFINED ENV{MKLROOT} AND NOT LAPACK_VENDOR MATCHES "^MKL" OR NOT scalapack)
 -    # oneMKL MKLConfig.cmake must be invoked only once
 -    include(cmake/lapack.cmake)
 -  endif()
@@ -29,13 +29,13 @@ index 88bcfb0..7d87397 100644
 -
  message(STATUS "MUMPS ORDERING_DEFS: ${ORDERING_DEFS}")
  message(STATUS "MUMPS ORDERING_LIBS: ${ORDERING_LIBS}")
- 
+ message(STATUS "MUMPS LAPACK_VENDOR: ${LAPACK_VENDOR}")
 diff --git a/cmake/FindLAPACK.cmake b/cmake/FindLAPACK.cmake
 deleted file mode 100644
-index 136c16d..0000000
+index 8647696..0000000
 --- a/cmake/FindLAPACK.cmake
 +++ /dev/null
-@@ -1,501 +0,0 @@
+@@ -1,502 +0,0 @@
 -# Distributed under the OSI-approved BSD 3-Clause License.  See accompanying
 -# file Copyright.txt or https://cmake.org/licensing for details.
 -
@@ -402,8 +402,9 @@ index 136c16d..0000000
 -  OR Netlib IN_LIST LAPACK_FIND_COMPONENTS
 -  OR Atlas IN_LIST LAPACK_FIND_COMPONENTS
 -  OR MKL IN_LIST LAPACK_FIND_COMPONENTS
+-  OR MKL64 IN_LIST LAPACK_FIND_COMPONENTS
 -  OR AOCL IN_LIST LAPACK_FIND_COMPONENTS))
--  if(DEFINED ENV{MKLROOT})
+-  if(DEFINED ENV{MKLROOT} AND IS_DIRECTORY "$ENV{MKLROOT}")
 -    list(APPEND LAPACK_FIND_COMPONENTS MKL)
 -  else()
 -    list(APPEND LAPACK_FIND_COMPONENTS Netlib)
@@ -538,7 +539,7 @@ index 136c16d..0000000
 -
 -mark_as_advanced(LAPACK_LIBRARY LAPACK_INCLUDE_DIR)
 diff --git a/cmake/FindSCALAPACK.cmake b/cmake/FindSCALAPACK.cmake
-index 56d7d9c..7a68153 100644
+index f8c4cdc..718a510 100644
 --- a/cmake/FindSCALAPACK.cmake
 +++ b/cmake/FindSCALAPACK.cmake
 @@ -52,8 +52,6 @@ References
@@ -564,7 +565,7 @@ index 56d7d9c..7a68153 100644
  list(APPEND CMAKE_REQUIRED_LIBRARIES ${LAPACK_LIBRARIES} ${MPI_Fortran_LIBRARIES} ${CMAKE_THREAD_LIBS_INIT})
  
  if(STATIC IN_LIST SCALAPACK_FIND_COMPONENTS AND
-@@ -188,40 +183,13 @@ endfunction(scalapack_lib)
+@@ -188,40 +183,9 @@ endfunction(scalapack_lib)
  
  # === main
  
@@ -572,18 +573,18 @@ index 56d7d9c..7a68153 100644
 -if(DEFINED ENV{CRAYPE_VERSION})
 -  set(scalapack_cray true)
 -endif()
- 
+-
 -if(NOT scalapack_cray)
--  if(NOT MKL IN_LIST SCALAPACK_FIND_COMPONENTS AND DEFINED ENV{MKLROOT})
+-  if(NOT MKL IN_LIST SCALAPACK_FIND_COMPONENTS AND DEFINED ENV{MKLROOT} AND IS_DIRECTORY "$ENV{MKLROOT}")
 -    list(APPEND SCALAPACK_FIND_COMPONENTS MKL)
 -  endif()
 -endif()
- 
+-
 -if(STATIC IN_LIST SCALAPACK_FIND_COMPONENTS)
 -  set(_orig_suff ${CMAKE_FIND_LIBRARY_SUFFIXES})
 -  set(CMAKE_FIND_LIBRARY_SUFFIXES ${CMAKE_STATIC_LIBRARY_SUFFIX})
 -endif()
- 
+-
 -if(MKL IN_LIST SCALAPACK_FIND_COMPONENTS OR MKL64 IN_LIST SCALAPACK_FIND_COMPONENTS)
 -  scalapack_mkl()
 -elseif(scalapack_cray)
@@ -598,7 +599,7 @@ index 56d7d9c..7a68153 100644
 -  endif()
 -  set(CMAKE_FIND_LIBRARY_SUFFIXES ${_orig_suff})
 -endif()
- 
+-
  # --- Check that Scalapack links
  
 -if(scalapack_cray OR SCALAPACK_LIBRARY)
@@ -606,7 +607,7 @@ index 56d7d9c..7a68153 100644
    scalapack_check()
  endif()
  
-@@ -229,32 +197,19 @@ endif()
+@@ -229,32 +193,19 @@ endif()
  
  include(FindPackageHandleStandardArgs)
  
@@ -643,20 +644,20 @@ index 56d7d9c..7a68153 100644
  
      # For MKL, we don't use FindLapack, so define LAPACK::LAPACK as alias
      if(MKL_FOUND AND NOT TARGET LAPACK::LAPACK)
-@@ -262,5 +217,3 @@ Scalapack include directories: ${SCALAPACK_INCLUDE_DIRS}")
+@@ -262,5 +213,3 @@ Scalapack include directories: ${SCALAPACK_INCLUDE_DIRS}")
      endif()
    endif()
  endif()
 -
 -mark_as_advanced(SCALAPACK_LIBRARY SCALAPACK_INCLUDE_DIR)
 diff --git a/cmake/lapack.cmake b/cmake/lapack.cmake
-index 374e8ed..14ebbe6 100644
+index 3f0997e..14ebbe6 100644
 --- a/cmake/lapack.cmake
 +++ b/cmake/lapack.cmake
 @@ -1,11 +1,3 @@
  # Handle options for finding LAPACK
  
--if(NOT DEFINED LAPACK_VENDOR AND DEFINED ENV{MKLROOT})
+-if(NOT DEFINED LAPACK_VENDOR AND DEFINED ENV{MKLROOT} AND IS_DIRECTORY "$ENV{MKLROOT}")
 -  set(LAPACK_VENDOR MKL)
 -endif()
 -
@@ -667,18 +668,24 @@ index 374e8ed..14ebbe6 100644
 -find_package(LAPACK REQUIRED COMPONENTS ${LAPACK_VENDOR})
 +find_package(LAPACK REQUIRED)
 diff --git a/cmake/scalapack.cmake b/cmake/scalapack.cmake
-index 6bdfd05..7238c21 100644
+index f4d1a70..7238c21 100644
 --- a/cmake/scalapack.cmake
 +++ b/cmake/scalapack.cmake
-@@ -3,21 +3,7 @@ include(GNUInstallDirs)
+@@ -3,27 +3,7 @@ include(GNUInstallDirs)
  
  if(find)
  
--if(NOT DEFINED SCALAPACK_VENDOR AND DEFINED ENV{MKLROOT})
--  set(SCALAPACK_VENDOR MKL)
+-if(NOT DEFINED SCALAPACK_VENDOR)
+-  if(LAPACK_VENDOR MATCHES "^MKL")
+-    set(SCALAPACK_VENDOR MKL)
+-  elseif(NOT DEFINED LAPACK_VENDOR AND
+-    (DEFINED ENV{MKLROOT} AND IS_DIRECTORY "$ENV{MKLROOT}"))
+-    set(SCALAPACK_VENDOR MKL)
+-    set(LAPACK_VENDOR MKL)
+-  endif()
 -endif()
 -
--if(MKL IN_LIST SCALAPACK_VENDOR)
+-if(MKL IN_LIST SCALAPACK_VENDOR AND NOT MKL64 IN_LIST SCALAPACK_VENDOR)
 -  if(intsize64)
 -    list(APPEND SCALAPACK_VENDOR MKL64)
 -  endif()
diff --git a/extern/patch/superlu_dist/patch_parmetis.diff b/extern/patch/superlu_dist/patch_parmetis.diff
index 5b6216263..2ecb1c735 100644
--- a/extern/patch/superlu_dist/patch_parmetis.diff
+++ b/extern/patch/superlu_dist/patch_parmetis.diff
@@ -26,47 +26,6 @@ index d06f6078..7b505340 100755
  	    /* CASE OF SERIAL SYMBOLIC */
    	    /* Apply column permutation to the original distributed A */
  	    for (j = 0; j < nnz_loc; ++j) colind[j] = perm_c[colind[j]];
-diff --git a/SRC/include/superlu_dist_config.h b/SRC/include/superlu_dist_config.h
-index e4b31ab6..ed45f683 100644
---- a/SRC/include/superlu_dist_config.h
-+++ b/SRC/include/superlu_dist_config.h
-@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
- /* superlu_dist_config.h.in */
- 
- /* Enable CUDA */
--#define HAVE_CUDA TRUE
-+/* #undef HAVE_CUDA */
- 
- /* Enable NVSHMEM */
--#define HAVE_NVSHMEM TRUE
-+/* #undef HAVE_NVSHMEM */
- 
- /* Enable HIP */
- /* #undef HAVE_HIP */
-@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
- /* #undef HAVE_MAGMA */
- 
- /* enable 64bit index mode */
--#define XSDK_INDEX_SIZE 64
-+/* #undef XSDK_INDEX_SIZE */
- 
- #if defined(XSDK_INDEX_SIZE) && (XSDK_INDEX_SIZE == 64)
- #define _LONGINT 1
-diff --git a/SRC/include/superlu_enum_consts.h b/SRC/include/superlu_enum_consts.h
-index 311e068e..824c93ad 100755
---- a/SRC/include/superlu_enum_consts.h
-+++ b/SRC/include/superlu_enum_consts.h
-@@ -34,8 +34,8 @@ typedef enum {NATURAL, MMD_ATA, MMD_AT_PLUS_A, COLAMD,
- typedef enum {NOTRANS, TRANS, CONJ}                             trans_t;
- typedef enum {NOEQUIL, ROW, COL, BOTH}                          DiagScale_t;
- typedef enum {NOREFINE, SLU_SINGLE=1, SLU_DOUBLE, SLU_EXTRA}    IterRefine_t;
--typedef enum {LUSUP, UCOL, LSUB, USUB, LLVL, ULVL, NO_MEMTYPE}  MemType;
--//typedef enum {USUB, LSUB, UCOL, LUSUP, LLVL, ULVL, NO_MEMTYPE}  MemType;
-+// typedef enum {LUSUP, UCOL, LSUB, USUB, LLVL, ULVL, NO_MEMTYPE}  MemType;
-+typedef enum {USUB, LSUB, UCOL, LUSUP, LLVL, ULVL, NO_MEMTYPE}  MemType;
- typedef enum {HEAD, TAIL}                                       stack_end_t;
- typedef enum {SYSTEM, USER}                                     LU_space_t;
- typedef enum {ONE_NORM, TWO_NORM, INF_NORM}			norm_t;
 diff --git a/SRC/single/psgssvx.c b/SRC/single/psgssvx.c
 index aa2b5025..79d48927 100755
 --- a/SRC/single/psgssvx.c
diff --git a/scripts/update-submodules b/scripts/update-submodules
index 35c711526..48ae291da 100755
--- a/scripts/update-submodules
+++ b/scripts/update-submodules
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ Fetch most recent commit from dependency repositories
 Options:
   -h, --help                       Show this help message and exit
   -v, --verbose                    Verbose log output
-  -update, --update-tags           Update tags in ExternalGitTags.cmake after checking for updates
+  -u, --update                     Update tags in ExternalGitTags.cmake after checking for updates
   -p, --package <PACKAGE_NAME>     Check for updates for a specified package (may be repeated)
 "
 }
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ while [[ $# -gt 0 ]]; do
         VERBOSE="true"
         shift
         ;;
-        -update|--update-tags)
+        -u|--update|--update-tags)
         UPDATE_TAGS="true"
         shift
         ;;