diff --git a/.github/workflows/h5py.yml b/.github/workflows/h5py.yml
index c6c6aa7505b..f8da6c4f7e2 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/h5py.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/h5py.yml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ jobs:
 
     - name: Run a multi-line script
       run: |
-        sed -i 's/hdf5@1.10.4:1.14/hdf5@1.10.4:/g' \
+        sed -i 's/hdf5@1.10.6:1.14/hdf5@1.10.6:/g' \
         ./spack/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/py-h5py/package.py
         . ./spack/share/spack/setup-env.sh
         ./spack/bin/spack spec py-h5py@master+mpi ^hdf5@develop-1.17