diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 30f9ece80e..8ba67e8543 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -80,9 +80,9 @@ PROJECT (HDF5 C CXX)
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 SET (HDF5_PACKAGE "hdf5")
 SET (HDF5_PACKAGE_NAME "HDF5")
-SET (HDF5_PACKAGE_VERSION 1.8.5)
-SET (HDF5_PACKAGE_VERSION_MAJOR 1.8)
-SET (HDF5_PACKAGE_VERSION_MINOR 5)
+SET (HDF5_PACKAGE_VERSION 1.9)
+SET (HDF5_PACKAGE_VERSION_MAJOR 1.9)
+SET (HDF5_PACKAGE_VERSION_MINOR 0)
 SET (HDF5_PACKAGE_STRING "${HDF5_PACKAGE_NAME} ${HDF5_PACKAGE_VERSION}")
 SET (HDF5_PACKAGE_TARNAME "hdf5")
 SET (HDF5_PACKAGE_URL "htt://www.hdfgroup.org")