diff --git a/bob/devtools/data/conda_build_config.yaml b/bob/devtools/data/conda_build_config.yaml
index 0e41ad0302f155ab3400a07417a3d53e84bfb0d7..206cabe5a974a44e33171e0708fa58b9c573e54b 100644
--- a/bob/devtools/data/conda_build_config.yaml
+++ b/bob/devtools/data/conda_build_config.yaml
@@ -130,6 +130,8 @@ coverage:
   - 4.5.3
 docopt:
   - 0.6.2
+h5py:
+  - 2.8.0
 jinja2:
   - 2.10.1
 kaldi: