diff --git a/pkgs/tools/misc/hdf5/1.10.nix b/pkgs/tools/misc/hdf5/1.10.nix
index 74d8fce599a8..fbfac18414c8 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/misc/hdf5/1.10.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/misc/hdf5/1.10.nix
@@ -12,12 +12,11 @@
 let inherit (lib) optional optionals; in
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  # pinned to 1.10.6 for pythonPackages.tables v3.6.1. tables has test errors for hdf5 > 1.10.6. https://github.com/PyTables/PyTables/issues/845
-  version = "1.10.6";
+  version = "1.10.9";
   pname = "hdf5";
   src = fetchurl {
     url = "https://support.hdfgroup.org/ftp/HDF5/releases/hdf5-${lib.versions.majorMinor version}/${pname}-${version}/src/${pname}-${version}.tar.bz2";
-    sha256 = "1gf38x51128hn00744358w27xgzjk0ff4wra4yxh2lk804ck1mh9";
+    sha256 = "sha256-AMS+cJbzb9yvpPl04SbGwUEkKOOOvHsYHZB0WeeB8ZE=";
   };
 
   outputs = [ "out" "dev" ];
@@ -31,9 +30,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   configureFlags = optional enableShared "--enable-shared"
     ++ optional javaSupport "--enable-java";
 
-  patches = [
-    ./bin-mv.patch
-  ];
+  patches = [ ];
 
   postInstall = ''
     find "$out" -type f -exec remove-references-to -t ${stdenv.cc} '{}' +