diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 8836d8d..deeabaa 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -92,7 +92,8 @@ anndists = { version = "0.1.2" }
 
 # for benchmark reading, so the lbrary do not depend on hdf5 nor ndarray
 [dev-dependencies]
-hdf5 = { version = "0.8" }
+hdf5 = { git = "https://github.com/aldanor/hdf5-rust.git" }
+hdf5-sys = { git = "https://github.com/aldanor/hdf5-rust.git", features = ["static", "zlib"]}
 ndarray = { version = "0.15" }
 skiplist = { version = "0.5" }
 tempfile = { version = "3" }