diff --git a/hdf5-1.8.10-patch1.tar.bz2 b/hdf5-1.8.10-patch1.tar.bz2
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..da1ce23
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hdf5-1.8.10-patch1.tar.bz2
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+version https://git-lfs.github.com/spec/v1
+oid sha256:292afb3615ad9e68f4d5d18ebb11e4a73f2aece39f2da3875a457ff1e109fc41
+size 6010792
diff --git a/hdf5-1.8.10.tar.bz2 b/hdf5-1.8.10.tar.bz2
deleted file mode 100644
index 8e050d3..0000000
--- a/hdf5-1.8.10.tar.bz2
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-version https://git-lfs.github.com/spec/v1
-oid sha256:fa6e6b37b7976edac860732b87c50370e3beba3ae784d05f16f298c033a45a44
-size 6024645
diff --git a/hdf5.changes b/hdf5.changes
index 6c40c71..703fe14 100644
--- a/hdf5.changes
+++ b/hdf5.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Fri Apr 12 19:25:06 UTC 2013 - sweet_f_a@gmx.de
+
+- Update to 1.8.10-patch1:
+  * official important bug fixes for 1.8.10
+  * see RELEASE.txt "Bug Fixes since HDF5-1.8.10"
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Sun Nov 18 12:31:34 UTC 2012 - sweet_f_a@gmx.de
 
diff --git a/hdf5.spec b/hdf5.spec
index 951db4f..7e099bd 100644
--- a/hdf5.spec
+++ b/hdf5.spec
@@ -28,15 +28,17 @@
 
 %define _mpi %{?_openmpi:openmpi} %{?_mvapich2:mvapich2}
 
+# rpm may not like this original version number
+%define xversion 1.8.10-patch1
 
 Name:           hdf5
-Version:        1.8.10
+Version:        1.8.10.patch1
 Release:        0
 Summary:        A general purpose library and file format for storing scientific data
 License:        BSD-3-Clause
 Group:          Development/Libraries/Other
 Url:            http://www.hdfgroup.org/HDF5/
-Source0:        http://www.hdfgroup.org/ftp/HDF5/current/src/hdf5-%{version}%{?snaprel}.tar.bz2
+Source0:        http://www.hdfgroup.org/ftp/HDF5/releases/hdf5-%{xversion}/src/hdf5-%{xversion}.tar.bz2
 Patch0:         hdf5-LD_LIBRARY_PATH.patch
 Patch1:         hdf5-non_void_return.patch
 # fix broken printf call, sent upstream
@@ -274,7 +276,7 @@ This package provides the static libraries.
 %endif
 
 %prep
-%setup -q
+%setup -q -n %{name}-%{xversion}
 %patch0 -p1 -b .LD_LIBRARY_PATH
 %patch1 -p0 -b .non_void_return
 %patch2 -p0 -b .fix_printf