diff --git a/script/install_HDF5.sh b/script/install_HDF5.sh
index 7e21087e62bfad5045053713f2756a39e1cbc56b..321fa270bf6f9ecc20d2c7683fa4332cb800522a 100755
--- a/script/install_HDF5.sh
+++ b/script/install_HDF5.sh
@@ -37,9 +37,9 @@ else
 fi
 
 ### 1.8.19 does not compile on CYGWIN
-wget http://ppmcore.mpi-cbg.de/upload/hdf5-1.8.19.tar.gz
-tar -xf hdf5-1.8.19.tar.gz
-cd hdf5-1.8.19
+wget http://ppmcore.mpi-cbg.de/upload/hdf5-1.10.5.tar.gz
+tar -xf hdf5-1.10.5.tar.gz
+cd hdf5-1.10.5
 
 if [ x"$platform" != x"cygwin" ]; then
         CC=mpicc ./configure --with-zlib=$1/ZLIB --enable-parallel --prefix=$1/HDF5