diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 36109ad2e..668c00603 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -83,6 +83,8 @@ project(mrc
   LANGUAGES C CXX
 )
 
+morpheus_utils_initialize_install_prefix(MRC_USE_CONDA)
+
 rapids_cmake_write_version_file(${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/autogenerated/include/mrc/version.hpp)
 
 # Delay enabling CUDA until after we have determined our CXX compiler
diff --git a/external/utilities b/external/utilities
index 3e5d28d5d..178e96a4c 160000
--- a/external/utilities
+++ b/external/utilities
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit 3e5d28d5d8a3c6aaa42b30608175f684a465478c
+Subproject commit 178e96a4c9c716d28e40a14628fdd3770d777a62