diff --git a/hdf5-derive/Cargo.toml b/hdf5-derive/Cargo.toml
index 0d748da30..6cdec0a36 100644
--- a/hdf5-derive/Cargo.toml
+++ b/hdf5-derive/Cargo.toml
@@ -19,4 +19,4 @@ syn = { version = "^1.0.5", features = ["derive", "extra-traits"]}
 
 [dev-dependencies]
 trybuild = "1.0"
-hdf5 = { version = ">=0.6", path = ".." }
+hdf5 = { version = ">=0.8", path = ".." }