diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 56a6290754f95e49972cb4b53c1bcf49948a2032..98ed04e9229610571fb2e6a351dda0bb6a683902 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ setup(
         "extra_data==1.4.1",
         "extra_geom==1.6.0",
         "gitpython==3.1.0",
-        "h5py==3.3.0",
+        "h5py==3.5.0",
         "iminuit==1.3.8",
         "ipykernel==5.1.4",
         "ipyparallel==6.2.4",