diff --git a/develop/hdf5/hdf5.desc b/develop/hdf5/hdf5.desc
index f401a65f9..d353ec108 100644
--- a/develop/hdf5/hdf5.desc
+++ b/develop/hdf5/hdf5.desc
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
 
 [L] OpenSource
 [S] Stable
-[V] 1.6.5
+[V] 1.6.10
 [P] X -----5---9 176.800
 
-[D] 3988331234 hdf5-1.6.5.tar.gz ftp://ftp.ncsa.uiuc.edu/HDF/HDF5/current/src/
+[D] 204354604 hdf5-1.6.10.tar.bz2 ftp://ftp.hdfgroup.org/HDF5/current16/src/