diff --git a/DESCRIPTION b/DESCRIPTION
index f610c5b..ff4255f 100644
--- a/DESCRIPTION
+++ b/DESCRIPTION
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 Package: rhdf5
 Type: Package
 Title: R Interface to HDF5
-Version: 2.47.0
+Version: 2.47.1
 Authors@R: c(person("Bernd", "Fischer", role = c("aut")), 
         person("Mike", "Smith", 
             role=c("aut", "cre"),