diff --git a/requirements_dev_optional.txt b/requirements_dev_optional.txt
index 8fd08612f..7b560fe91 100644
--- a/requirements_dev_optional.txt
+++ b/requirements_dev_optional.txt
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ flake8==4.0.1
 pytest-cov==3.0.0
 pytest-doctestplus==0.12.0
 pytest-timeout==2.1.0
-h5py==3.6.0
+h5py==3.7.0
 fsspec==2022.5.0
 s3fs==2022.5.0
 moto[server]>=1.3.14