diff --git a/.github/workflows/extbuild.yml b/.github/workflows/extbuild.yml
index 69ad954a..a90bf338 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/extbuild.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/extbuild.yml
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ jobs:
       CXX: mpicxx
       CPPFLAGS: "-I/usr/include -I/usr/local/include"
       # Versions of all dependencies can be updated here
-      ESMF_VERSION: ESMF_8_1_0_beta_snapshot_47
+      ESMF_VERSION: ESMF_8_2_0_beta_snapshot_14
       PNETCDF_VERSION: pnetcdf-1.12.2
       NETCDF_FORTRAN_VERSION: v4.5.2
       # PIO version is awkward
diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 0a14a61b..b8123197 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -4,9 +4,9 @@ install:
   - pip install pylint
 
 python:
-  - '2.7'
-  - '3.6'
+  - '3.7'
   - '3.8'
+  - '3.9'
 
 branches:
   only:
diff --git a/cime_config/buildnml b/cime_config/buildnml
index 0106fb8b..e14d6eb3 100755
--- a/cime_config/buildnml
+++ b/cime_config/buildnml
@@ -55,6 +55,7 @@ def _create_drv_namelists(case, infile, confdir, nmlgen, files):
     ocn_grid = case.get_value('OCN_GRID')
     rof_grid = case.get_value('ROF_GRID')
     wav_grid = case.get_value('WAV_GRID')
+    #pylint: disable=unused-variable
     glc_grid = case.get_value('GLC_GRID')
 
     config['atm_grid'] = atm_grid