diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index a5c61d53b..692b61887 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 numpy>=1.13.3
 matplotlib>=2.0.0
-h5py>=2.7
+h5py>=3.16.0
 scipy>=0.16
 numba