diff --git a/community/python-blosc/PKGBUILD b/community/python-blosc/PKGBUILD
index 628fcf1a3..e3f1f7446 100644
--- a/community/python-blosc/PKGBUILD
+++ b/community/python-blosc/PKGBUILD
@@ -6,8 +6,8 @@
 
 pkgbase=python-blosc
 pkgname=('python2-blosc' 'python-blosc')
-pkgver=1.4.4
-pkgrel=2
+pkgver=1.5.0
+pkgrel=1
 pkgdesc="A Python wrapper for the extremely fast Blosc compression library"
 arch=('i686' 'x86_64')
 url="http://python-blosc.blosc.org/"
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ license=('MIT')
 makedepends=('python-setuptools' 'python2-setuptools' 'blosc')
 source=("https://github.com/Blosc/python-blosc/archive/v${pkgver}.tar.gz"
         'python-blosc-alt-arch.patch')
-md5sums=('8509bc06760a6a00f8a4e827302e9566'
+md5sums=('c5cb0cbb4520d5f9badf5d266dfa7cb9'
          'fabfde4dbf9e796ee620416ebd13b8da')
 
 prepare() {