diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 525e16fc5..dcf66d8fa 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ check-venv:
 
 install-user: venv-create
 	. $(VENV_ACTIVATE_FILE); $(PIP_WRAPPER) install --upgrade pip setuptools wheel
-	. $(VENV_ACTIVATE_FILE); $(PIP_WRAPPER) install -e .
+	. $(VENV_ACTIVATE_FILE); PIP_ONLY_BINARY=h5py $(PIP_WRAPPER) install -e .
 
 install: install-user
 	# Also install development dependencies
diff --git a/docker/Dockerfile b/docker/Dockerfile
index 1e763d611..12f3a017a 100644
--- a/docker/Dockerfile
+++ b/docker/Dockerfile
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ RUN apt-get -y update && \
 RUN groupadd --gid 1000 opensearch-benchmark && \
     useradd -d /opensearch-benchmark -m -k /dev/null -g 1000 -N -u 1000 -l -s /bin/bash benchmark
 
-RUN python3 -m pip install h5py==3.10.0; if [ -z "$VERSION" ] ; then python3 -m pip install opensearch-benchmark ; else python3 -m pip install opensearch-benchmark==$VERSION ; fi
+RUN if [ -z "$VERSION" ] ; then python3 -m pip install opensearch-benchmark ; else python3 -m pip install opensearch-benchmark==$VERSION ; fi
 
 WORKDIR /opensearch-benchmark