diff --git a/CHANGES.rst b/CHANGES.rst
index 8314007e..404f0d08 100755
--- a/CHANGES.rst
+++ b/CHANGES.rst
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 3.4 (unreleased)
 ----------------
 
-- Nothing changed yet.
+- Fixed issue that no netcdf could be loaded in Water Depth Algorithm (caused by h5py breaking change) (#966)
 
 
 3.3 (2023-12-01)
diff --git a/processing/threedidepth_algorithms.py b/processing/threedidepth_algorithms.py
index 6ffa673f..1c8e3136 100644
--- a/processing/threedidepth_algorithms.py
+++ b/processing/threedidepth_algorithms.py
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ def new_file_event(self, file_path):
 
         try:
             with h5py.File(file_path, "r") as results:
-                timestamps = results["time"].value
+                timestamps = results["time"][()]
                 self.set_timestamps(timestamps)
         except Exception as e:
             logger.exception(e)
@@ -179,7 +179,7 @@ def new_file_event(self, file_path):
 
         try:
             with h5py.File(file_path, "r") as results:
-                timestamps = results["time"].value
+                timestamps = results["time"][()]
                 self.populate_timestamps(timestamps)
         except Exception as e:
             logger.exception(e)