diff --git a/cmake/configs/default.cmake b/cmake/configs/default.cmake
index 62465edcc9..d59b82f269 100644
--- a/cmake/configs/default.cmake
+++ b/cmake/configs/default.cmake
@@ -218,7 +218,7 @@ hunter_default_version(civetweb VERSION 1.11-p0)
 hunter_default_version(clBLAS VERSION 2.10.0-p0)
 hunter_default_version(class_loader VERSION 0.4.1-p0)
 hunter_default_version(cmcstl2 VERSION 0.0.0-bee0705e99)
-hunter_default_version(cnpy VERSION 1.0.0)
+hunter_default_version(cnpy VERSION 1.0.1)
 hunter_default_version(convertutf VERSION 1.0.1)
 hunter_default_version(corrade VERSION 2019.10)
 hunter_default_version(cpp-statsd-client VERSION 1.0.1-42f02b4-p0)
diff --git a/cmake/projects/cnpy/hunter.cmake b/cmake/projects/cnpy/hunter.cmake
index e17958b887..5d1cfe4e50 100644
--- a/cmake/projects/cnpy/hunter.cmake
+++ b/cmake/projects/cnpy/hunter.cmake
@@ -12,8 +12,8 @@ include(hunter_pick_scheme)
 hunter_add_version(
         PACKAGE_NAME cnpy
         VERSION 1.0.0
-        URL "https://github.com/DEEP-IMPACT-AG/cnpy/archive/1.0.0.tar.gz"
-        SHA1 "a030af676b769a34ace658073f6845fe0e8e9613"
+        URL "https://github.com/DEEP-IMPACT-AG/cnpy/archive/1.0.1.tar.gz"
+        SHA1 "a62133b85ffccb8333cf16dcac8a13c515eab3f9"
 )
 
 hunter_pick_scheme(DEFAULT url_sha1_cmake)