diff --git a/.github/workflows/publish-sdist-wheels.yml b/.github/workflows/publish-sdist-wheels.yml
index de244a375..faac0779d 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/publish-sdist-wheels.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/publish-sdist-wheels.yml
@@ -4,9 +4,10 @@ on: [pull_request, push]
 env:
   CIBW_BUILD_VERBOSITY: 3
   CIBW_BUILD: 'cp*'
-  CIBW_SKIP: 'cp35-* cp36-* *-manylinux_i686 *-musllinux_* *-win32 cp311-macosx_x86_64'
+  CIBW_SKIP: 'cp35-* cp36-* cp37-* *-manylinux_i686 *-musllinux_* *-win32 cp311-macosx_x86_64'
   CIBW_BEFORE_TEST: pip install -r {project}/tests/requirement_tests.txt
   CIBW_TEST_COMMAND: pytest -s -v {project}/tests
+  WINDOWS_HDF5: 1.14.2
 
 jobs:
   build_wheels:
@@ -89,6 +90,24 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           python -m cibuildwheel --output-dir dist
 
+      - name: Cache HDF5 On Windows
+        if: runner.os == 'Windows'
+        id: cache-hdf5-windows
+        uses: actions/cache@v3
+        env:
+          cache-name: cache-hdf5-windows
+        with:
+          path: C:\cache\hdf5\${{ env.WINDOWS_HDF5 }}
+          key: ${{ runner.os }}-build-${{ env.cache-name }}-${{ env.WINDOWS_HDF5 }}
+
+      - name: Fill Windows Cache
+        if: runner.os == 'Windows' && steps.cache-hdf5-windows.outputs.cache-hit != 'true'
+        continue-on-error: false
+        shell: cmd
+        run: |
+          mkdir C:\cache\hdf5\${{ env.WINDOWS_HDF5 }}
+          curl -L -o C:\cache\hdf5\${{ env.WINDOWS_HDF5 }}\hdf5.zip https://support.hdfgroup.org/ftp/HDF5/releases/hdf5-1.14/hdf5-1.14.2/bin/windows/hdf5-1.14.2-Std-win10_64-vs16.zip
+
       - name: Build wheels Windows
         if: runner.os == 'Windows'
         shell: cmd
@@ -99,13 +118,12 @@ jobs:
         # this has a partial table:
         # https://devblogs.microsoft.com/cppblog/side-by-side-minor-version-msvc-toolsets-in-visual-studio-2017/
         run: |
-          curl -O https://support.hdfgroup.org/ftp/HDF5/releases/hdf5-1.12/hdf5-1.12.0/bin/hdf5-1.12.0-Std-win10_64-vs16.zip
-          C:\windows\system32\tar.exe xf hdf5-1.12.0-Std-win10_64-vs16.zip
-          start /wait msiexec /a "%cd%\hdf\HDF5-1.12.0-win64.msi" /qn TARGETDIR="c:\hdf5\"
+          C:\windows\system32\tar.exe xf C:\cache\hdf5\${{ env.WINDOWS_HDF5 }}\hdf5.zip
+          start /wait msiexec /a "%cd%\hdf\HDF5-${{ env.WINDOWS_HDF5 }}-win64.msi" /qn TARGETDIR="c:\hdf5\"
 
           call "C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\2022\Enterprise\VC\Auxiliary\Build\vcvars64.bat" -vcvars_ver=14.1
 
-          set HDF5_DIR=C:\hdf5\HDF_Group\HDF5\1.12.0\cmake
+          set HDF5_DIR=C:\hdf5\HDF_Group\HDF5\${{ env.WINDOWS_HDF5 }}\cmake
 
           python -m cibuildwheel --output-dir dist
 
@@ -125,10 +143,10 @@ jobs:
         with:
           submodules: 'true'
 
-      - name: Set up Python 3.7
+      - name: Set up Python 3.8
         uses: actions/setup-python@v4
         with:
-          python-version: 3.7
+          python-version: 3.8
 
       - name: Build a source tarball
         run:
diff --git a/morphio/__init__.py b/morphio/__init__.py
index 35a043cc1..db51f951a 100644
--- a/morphio/__init__.py
+++ b/morphio/__init__.py
@@ -6,8 +6,8 @@
     # there cannot be a mismatch between version, when using windows,
     # and MorphIO doesn't need to build hdf5
     import h5py as _h5py
-    if (1, 12) != _h5py.version.hdf5_version_tuple[:2]:
-        raise RuntimeError(f'HDF5 library version mismatch. 1.12.x != {_h5py.version.hdf5_version}')
+    if (1, 14) != _h5py.version.hdf5_version_tuple[:2]:
+        raise RuntimeError(f'HDF5 library version mismatch. 1.14.x != {_h5py.version.hdf5_version}')
     del _h5py
 
 
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index f73979562..a1b73a165 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -97,5 +97,5 @@ def build_extension(self, ext):
     setup_requires=[
         'setuptools_scm',
     ],
-    python_requires=">=3.7",
+    python_requires=">=3.8",
 )