diff --git a/spack.yaml b/spack.yaml
index ad93759..e4dba9a 100644
--- a/spack.yaml
+++ b/spack.yaml
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ spack:
   specs:
     - diffutils@3.8
     - gettext@0.21
+    - hdf5+mpi^intel-oneapi-mpi
     #
     - esmf@8.4%intel^intel-oneapi-mpi