diff --git a/src/atomate2/forcefields/jobs.py b/src/atomate2/forcefields/jobs.py
index 8e1019ddee..8c392bafa5 100644
--- a/src/atomate2/forcefields/jobs.py
+++ b/src/atomate2/forcefields/jobs.py
@@ -309,9 +309,12 @@ class MACERelaxMaker(ForceFieldRelaxMaker):
         Keyword arguments that will get passed to :obj:`Relaxer()`.
     task_document_kwargs : dict
         Additional keyword args passed to :obj:`.ForceFieldTaskDocument()`.
-    potential_param_file_name: str | Path
-        param_file_name for :obj:`mace.calculators.MACECalculator()'`.
-    potential_kwargs: dict[str, Any]
+    model_path: str | Path | None
+        Checkpoint to load with :obj:`mace.calculators.MACECalculator()'`. Can be a URL
+        starting with https://. If None, loads the universal MACE trained for Matbench
+        Discovery on the MPtrj dataset available at
+        https://figshare.com/articles/dataset/22715158.
+    model_kwargs: dict[str, Any]
         Further keywords (e.g. device, default_dtype, model_paths) for
             :obj:`mace.calculators.MACECalculator()'`.
     """
@@ -323,17 +326,13 @@ class MACERelaxMaker(ForceFieldRelaxMaker):
     relax_kwargs: dict = field(default_factory=dict)
     optimizer_kwargs: dict = field(default_factory=dict)
     task_document_kwargs: dict = field(default_factory=dict)
-    potential_param_file_name: str = "MACE.model"
-    potential_kwargs: dict = field(default_factory=dict)
+    model_path: str = None
+    model_kwargs: dict = field(default_factory=dict)
 
     def _relax(self, structure: Structure) -> dict:
-        from mace.calculators import MACECalculator
+        from mace.calculators import mace_mp
 
-        self.potential_kwargs.setdefault("device", "auto")
-
-        calculator = MACECalculator(
-            model_paths=self.potential_param_file_name, **self.potential_kwargs
-        )
+        calculator = mace_mp(model_path=self.model_path, **self.model_kwargs)
         relaxer = Relaxer(calculator, relax_cell=self.relax_cell)
         return relaxer.relax(structure, steps=self.steps, **self.relax_kwargs)
 
@@ -351,9 +350,12 @@ class MACEStaticMaker(ForceFieldStaticMaker):
         The name of the force field.
     task_document_kwargs : dict
         Additional keyword args passed to :obj:`.ForceFieldTaskDocument()`.
-    potential_param_file_name: str | Path
-        param_file_name for :obj:`mace.calculators.MACECalculator()'`.
-    potential_kwargs: dict[str, Any]
+    model_path: str | Path | None
+        Checkpoint to load with :obj:`mace.calculators.MACECalculator()'`. Can be a URL
+        starting with https://. If None, loads the universal MACE trained for Matbench
+        Discovery on the MPtrj dataset available at
+        https://figshare.com/articles/dataset/22715158.
+    model_kwargs: dict[str, Any]
         Further keywords (e.g. device, default_dtype, model_paths) for
             :obj:`mace.calculators.MACECalculator()'`.
     """
@@ -361,17 +363,13 @@ class MACEStaticMaker(ForceFieldStaticMaker):
     name: str = "MACE static"
     force_field_name: str = "MACE"
     task_document_kwargs: dict = field(default_factory=dict)
-    potential_param_file_name: str = "MACE.model"
-    potential_kwargs: dict = field(default_factory=dict)
+    model_path: str = None
+    model_kwargs: dict = field(default_factory=dict)
 
     def _evaluate_static(self, structure: Structure) -> dict:
-        from mace.calculators import MACECalculator
+        from mace.calculators import mace_mp
 
-        self.potential_kwargs.setdefault("device", "auto")
-
-        calculator = MACECalculator(
-            model_paths=self.potential_param_file_name, **self.potential_kwargs
-        )
+        calculator = mace_mp(model_path=self.model_path, **self.model_kwargs)
         relaxer = Relaxer(calculator, relax_cell=False)
         return relaxer.relax(structure, steps=1)