diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/h5netcdf/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/h5netcdf/default.nix
index 722f5b17a8f8..5c745e7936f0 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/h5netcdf/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/h5netcdf/default.nix
@@ -12,14 +12,14 @@
 
 buildPythonPackage rec {
   pname = "h5netcdf";
-  version = "1.5.0";
+  version = "1.6.1";
   pyproject = true;
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "h5netcdf";
     repo = "h5netcdf";
     tag = "v${version}";
-    hash = "sha256-fhLL8/XgYQmdHckh5xhYvnlc+MTIc2wcTOZaohFFGlk=";
+    hash = "sha256-DQ4zGtX0+HvSuayyaCwO6NVSQWj8JRzYS/BfBtspZxI=";
   };
 
   build-system = [