diff --git a/parm/atm/variational/3dvar_dripcg.yaml b/parm/atm/variational/3dvar_dripcg.yaml
index 64f8ec8c0..c4fa3b38e 100644
--- a/parm/atm/variational/3dvar_dripcg.yaml
+++ b/parm/atm/variational/3dvar_dripcg.yaml
@@ -73,9 +73,10 @@ final:
     departures: anlmob
   increment:
     output:
-      filetype: auxgrid
-      gridtype: gaussian
-      filename: ./anl/atminc.
+      state component:
+        filetype: auxgrid
+        gridtype: gaussian
+        filename: ./anl/atminc.
     geometry:
       fms initialization:
         namelist filename: ./fv3jedi/fmsmpp.nml
diff --git a/parm/soca/variational/3dvarfgat.yaml b/parm/soca/variational/3dvarfgat.yaml
index e1590843e..344962f21 100644
--- a/parm/soca/variational/3dvarfgat.yaml
+++ b/parm/soca/variational/3dvarfgat.yaml
@@ -53,10 +53,11 @@ final:
     departures: oman
   increment:
     output:
-      datadir: Data
-      date: '{{ATM_WINDOW_BEGIN}}'
-      exp: 3dvarfgat_pseudo
-      type: incr
+      state component:
+        datadir: Data
+        date: '{{ATM_WINDOW_BEGIN}}'
+        exp: 3dvarfgat_pseudo
+        type: incr
     geometry:
       mom6_input_nml: mom_input.nml
       fields metadata: ./fields_metadata.yaml