diff --git a/reg_tests/cpld_gridgen/rt2.sh b/reg_tests/cpld_gridgen/rt2.sh
index 755491772..d7ba0adba 100755
--- a/reg_tests/cpld_gridgen/rt2.sh
+++ b/reg_tests/cpld_gridgen/rt2.sh
@@ -55,6 +55,7 @@ if [[ $target = hera ]]; then
   BASELINE_ROOT=/scratch1/NCEPDEV/nems/role.ufsutils/ufs_utils/reg_tests/cpld_gridgen/baseline_data
   ACCOUNT=${ACCOUNT:-fv3-cpu}
   QUEUE=${QUEUE:-batch}
+  PARTITION=hera
 elif [[ $target = orion ]]; then
   export MOM6_FIXDIR=/work/noaa/global/glopara/fix/mom6/${MOM6_version}
   STMP=${STMP:-/work/noaa/stmp/$USER}