diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 3d8d7d180..e86a9a1da 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 h5py==2.10.0
-hdmf==1.5.4
+hdmf==1.6.0
 numpy==1.18.1
 pandas==0.25.3
 python-dateutil==2.8.0