diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index 6932199..61d0d04 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ install_requires =
     matplotlib
     netCDF4
     h5netcdf
-    h5py
+    h5py==3.11.0
     nwmurl==1.0.1
     pandas
     psutil