diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index 1c31efa500b..ae89bd6566e 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -290,7 +290,7 @@ dependencies {
 
     implementation 'it.unimi.dsi:fastutil:7.0.13'
 
-    implementation 'org.broadinstitute:hdf5-java-bindings:1.1.0-hdf5_2.11.0'
+    implementation 'org.broadinstitute:hdf5-java-bindings:1.2.0-hdf5_2.11.0'
     implementation 'org.broadinstitute:gatk-native-bindings:1.0.0'
 
     implementation 'org.ojalgo:ojalgo:44.0.0'