diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 0884562251e0ae8b12f46693377b6226fc540a73..1c2c7f79edfc22579795428dd43fa7c6a84f959c 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -6,12 +6,12 @@ FROM gcc:latest
 ENV BUILD /build
 ENV OPT /opt
 
-# last checked for updates Nov 14 2016
+# last checked for updates Oct 18 2018
 ENV ZLIB_VERSION 1.2.11
 ENV JPEG_VERSION 6b
 ENV SZIP_VERSION 2.1
 ENV HDF4_VERSION 4.2.12
-ENV HDF5_VERSION 1.10.0-patch1
+ENV HDF5_VERSION 1.10.4
 ENV NC4F_VERSION 4.4.4
 ENV NC4C_VERSION 4.4.1
 ENV NCO_VERSION 4.6.1