diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index f18b12923..cf8b74f85 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ dependencies = [
     "absl-py>=0.9,<2.5",
     "click>=8.3.0,<9",
     "colorthief>=0.2.1,<0.3",
-    "h5py>=3.10.0,<4",
+    "h5py>=3.16.0,<4",
     "loguru>=0.7.3,<0.8",
     "opensimplex>=0.3,<0.4",
     "pillow>=10.0.1,<13",