diff --git a/compute_endpoint/globus_compute_endpoint/engines/high_throughput/interchange.py b/compute_endpoint/globus_compute_endpoint/engines/high_throughput/interchange.py
index 69fe703b4..ec1c8a7a0 100644
--- a/compute_endpoint/globus_compute_endpoint/engines/high_throughput/interchange.py
+++ b/compute_endpoint/globus_compute_endpoint/engines/high_throughput/interchange.py
@@ -356,7 +356,7 @@ def load_config(self):
             self.provider.channel.script_dir = os.path.join(
                 working_dir, "submit_scripts"
             )
-            self.provider.channel.makedirs(
+            os.makedirs(
                 self.provider.channel.script_dir, exist_ok=True
             )
             os.makedirs(self.provider.script_dir, exist_ok=True)
diff --git a/compute_endpoint/setup.py b/compute_endpoint/setup.py
index 81bed2a5b..cbaf0fd78 100644
--- a/compute_endpoint/setup.py
+++ b/compute_endpoint/setup.py
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@
     # 'parsl' is a core requirement of the globus-compute-endpoint, essential to a range
     # of different features and functions
     # pin exact versions because it does not use semver
-    "parsl==2024.10.21",
+    "parsl==2024.11.25",
     "pika>=1.2.0",
     "pyprctl<0.2.0",
     "setproctitle>=1.3.2,<1.4",