diff --git a/conda/bob-devel/meta.yaml b/conda/bob-devel/meta.yaml
index 68f0b93d6fadc3f6d643d59cf64abffe072c77cc..7f84b11f938e2c67cd10ae61969f68a80ba82b6a 100644
--- a/conda/bob-devel/meta.yaml
+++ b/conda/bob-devel/meta.yaml
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ requirements:
     - ffmpeg 4.0 h2047f9e_1  # [osx]
     - freetype 2.9.1
     - giflib 5.1.4
-    - h5py 2.9.0
+    - h5py 2.8.0
     - hdf5 1.10.2
     - jinja2 2.10.1
     - jpeg 9b