diff --git a/script/install_HDF5.sh b/script/install_HDF5.sh
index dea5e9476864e354ac13d3786313b015136a9683..da6b559f6a99b066b4b7e76cf4a641240c4598ac 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/hdf5-1.10.7.tar.gz
-tar -xf hdf5-1.10.7.tar.gz
-cd hdf5-1.10.7
+wget http://ppmcore.mpi-cbg.de/upload/hdf5-1.10.8.tar.gz
+tar -xf hdf5-1.10.8.tar.gz
+cd hdf5-1.10.8
 
 if [ x"$platform" != x"cygwin" ]; then
         CC=mpicc ./configure --with-zlib=$1/ZLIB --enable-parallel --prefix=$1/HDF5
@@ -54,4 +54,4 @@ if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
     echo "HDF5 error installing"
     exit 0
 fi
-echo 3 > $1/HDF5/version
+echo 4 > $1/HDF5/version
diff --git a/script/remove_old b/script/remove_old
index 3e5082e879f0c1d66bf83ed9b582305ba631fc8c..9ef3ff944b4fa747a92374a3532f84211cf96091 100755
--- a/script/remove_old
+++ b/script/remove_old
@@ -159,9 +159,9 @@ function remove_old()
 
     if [ -d $1/HDF5 ]; then
         version=$(cat $1/HDF5/version)
-        if [ x"$version" != x"3"  ]; then
+        if [ x"$version" != x"4"  ]; then
             echo -e "\033[1;34;5m  -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- \033[0m"
-            echo -e "\033[1;34;5m  HDF5 has been updated to version 1.10.7, the component will be updated automatically   \033[0m"
+            echo -e "\033[1;34;5m  HDF5 has been updated to version 1.10.8, the component will be updated automatically   \033[0m"
             echo -e "\033[1;34;5m  -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- \033[0m"
             sleep 5
 	    rm -rf $1/HDF5