diff --git a/.appveyor/requirements.txt b/.appveyor/requirements.txt
index 12ed0ac02e..b5f712afc9 100644
--- a/.appveyor/requirements.txt
+++ b/.appveyor/requirements.txt
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 numpy==1.10.4
 gdal==1.11.4
-netCDF4==1.2.2
+netCDF4==1.5.2
 rasterio==0.31.0
 pyzmq==15.2.0
 psycopg2==2.6.1