diff --git a/requirements/embedded.txt b/requirements/embedded.txt
index cf80cb9..5bfffef 100644
--- a/requirements/embedded.txt
+++ b/requirements/embedded.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 pyvista>=0.4 #3D visualisation/vtk meshing
 LoopStructural~=1.7.0 #3D geological modelling
-geoh5py>=0.9 #saving models to hdf5
+geoh5py>=0.13.0 #saving models to hdf5
 dill>=0.4.1     #saving models to python
diff --git a/requirements/testing.txt b/requirements/testing.txt
index 9b0f69a..40e2c91 100644
--- a/requirements/testing.txt
+++ b/requirements/testing.txt
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ pytest-cov>=7.1.0
 packaging>=23
 pyvista>=0.4 #3D visualisation/vtk meshing
 LoopStructural~=1.7.0 #3D geological modelling
-geoh5py>=0.9 #saving models to hdf5
+geoh5py>=0.13.0 #saving models to hdf5
 dill>=0.4.1     #saving models to python
 shapely
 geopandas