diff --git a/python/python3-h5py/python3-h5py.SlackBuild b/python/python3-h5py/python3-h5py.SlackBuild
index 7f56638ce8..125aea2f36 100644
--- a/python/python3-h5py/python3-h5py.SlackBuild
+++ b/python/python3-h5py/python3-h5py.SlackBuild
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 # Slackware build script for python3-h5py
 
-# Copyright 2022 Isaac Yu <isaacyu1@isaacyu1.com>
+# Copyright 2022-2023 Isaac Yu <isaacyu1@isaacyu1.com>
 # All rights reserved.
 #
 # Redistribution and use of this script, with or without modification, is
@@ -25,8 +25,8 @@
 cd $(dirname $0) ; CWD=$(pwd)
 
 PRGNAM=python3-h5py
-VERSION=${VERSION:-3.7.0}
-BUILD=${BUILD:-2}
+VERSION=${VERSION:-3.8.0}
+BUILD=${BUILD:-1}
 TAG=${TAG:-_SBo}
 PKGTYPE=${PKGTYPE:-tgz}
 
@@ -40,9 +40,6 @@ if [ -z "$ARCH" ]; then
   esac
 fi
 
-# If the variable PRINT_PACKAGE_NAME is set, then this script will report what
-# the name of the created package would be, and then exit. This information
-# could be useful to other scripts.
 if [ ! -z "${PRINT_PACKAGE_NAME}" ]; then
   echo "$PRGNAM-$VERSION-$ARCH-$BUILD$TAG.$PKGTYPE"
   exit 0
diff --git a/python/python3-h5py/python3-h5py.info b/python/python3-h5py/python3-h5py.info
index 1cddd723d9..5968a2c6a0 100644
--- a/python/python3-h5py/python3-h5py.info
+++ b/python/python3-h5py/python3-h5py.info
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 PRGNAM="python3-h5py"
-VERSION="3.7.0"
+VERSION="3.8.0"
 HOMEPAGE="https://www.h5py.org/"
-DOWNLOAD="https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/source/h/h5py/h5py-3.7.0.tar.gz"
-MD5SUM="acb43ba2b0b853005af71eccfc456676"
+DOWNLOAD="https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/source/h/h5py/h5py-3.8.0.tar.gz"
+MD5SUM="51d5e91d32abb192e1b1363e306bdb02"
 DOWNLOAD_x86_64=""
 MD5SUM_x86_64=""
 REQUIRES="hdf5 liblzf python3-numpy python3-pkgconfig"