diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index e95477cdb..c106d1a81 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 chardet==3.0.4
 h5py==2.9.0
-hdmf==1.1.0
+hdmf==1.1.1
 numpy==1.16.4
 pandas==0.24.2
 python-dateutil==2.8.0