diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 20739bda0487b03968b1c27166b5a89765b5b0cf..acfefb8c1bed8650be1956964b0e8e5353ddd483 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 cmake_minimum_required( VERSION 3.30 FATAL_ERROR )
 
-project(libcdi VERSION 2.4.0 LANGUAGES C )
+project(libcdi VERSION 2.5.1 LANGUAGES C )
 set(CMAKE_C_STANDARD 11)
 
 include(CheckIncludeFile)
@@ -10,18 +10,11 @@ configure_file (
   "${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/src/config.h"
   )
 
-find_package(hdf5 REQUIRED)
-if(hdf5_FOUND)
-    message(STATUS "HDF5 shaed found")
-else()
-    message(FATAL_ERROR "HDF shared not found")
-endif()
-
 #NetCDF
 find_package(netCDF COMPONENTS C REQUIRED)
 set(netcdf_flag HAVE_LIBNETCDF)
 set(netcdf_flag ${HAVE_LIBNETCDF})
-check_include_files("netcdf.h" ${netcdf_flag} C)
+check_include_file("netcdf.h" ${netcdf_flag} C)
 if (${netCDF_FOUND})
     message(STATUS "added compile definition HAVE_LIBNETCDF=${netCDF_FOUND}")
     add_compile_definitions(HAVE_LIBNETCDF=${netCDF_FOUND})