diff --git a/environment.yml b/environment.yml
index da7c3d72470..74a0136225a 100644
--- a/environment.yml
+++ b/environment.yml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ channels:
  - defaults
  - conda-forge
 dependencies:
- - h5py=2.6.0
+ - h5py
  - matplotlib=2.0.2
  - pyqtgraph 
  - python=3.6
@@ -17,4 +17,4 @@ dependencies:
  - typing
  - hypothesis
  - pytest
- - pytest-runner
\ No newline at end of file
+ - pytest-runner