diff --git a/srcpkgs/python3-h5py/template b/srcpkgs/python3-h5py/template
index 72b004c7478..d491f5cc3ac 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/python3-h5py/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/python3-h5py/template
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Template file for 'python3-h5py'
 pkgname=python3-h5py
-version=3.8.0
+version=3.9.0
 revision=1
 build_style=python3-module
 build_helper="numpy"
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ maintainer="Andrew J. Hesford <ajh@sideband.org>"
 license="BSD-3-Clause"
 homepage="http://www.h5py.org/"
 distfiles="${PYPI_SITE}/h/h5py/h5py-${version}.tar.gz"
-checksum=6fead82f0c4000cf38d53f9c030780d81bfa0220218aee13b90b7701c937d95f
+checksum=e604db6521c1e367c6bd7fad239c847f53cc46646f2d2651372d05ae5e95f817
 # Tests require unpackaged pytest-mpi
 make_check=no