diff --git a/srcpkgs/python3-h5py/template b/srcpkgs/python3-h5py/template
index f5cb0235d25..72b004c7478 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/python3-h5py/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/python3-h5py/template
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # Template file for 'python3-h5py'
 pkgname=python3-h5py
-version=3.7.0
-revision=2
+version=3.8.0
+revision=1
 build_style=python3-module
 build_helper="numpy"
 hostmakedepends="python3-setuptools python3-Cython python3-pkgconfig"
@@ -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=3fcf37884383c5da64846ab510190720027dca0768def34dd8dcb659dbe5cbf3
+checksum=6fead82f0c4000cf38d53f9c030780d81bfa0220218aee13b90b7701c937d95f
 # Tests require unpackaged pytest-mpi
 make_check=no