diff --git a/inst/NEWS.Rd b/inst/NEWS.Rd
index a2b0bf2..ba31468 100644
--- a/inst/NEWS.Rd
+++ b/inst/NEWS.Rd
@@ -6,12 +6,12 @@
   \subsection{Bug fixes}{
     \itemize{
       \item Addressed a bug where fixed length string attributes would be one
-      character shorter than they should be. Backported to rhdf5 2.47.1.
+      character shorter than they should be. Backported to rhdf5 2.46.1.
       (Thanks to Aaron Lun @LTLA for reporting this
       https://github.com/grimbough/rhdf5/issues/132). 
       \item Fixed an issue where zero length datasets of uint32, int64 or uint64 
       datatypes could not be read.  This would fail with an error message saying
-      there was not enough memory. Backported to rhdf5 2.47.1.
+      there was not enough memory. Backported to rhdf5 2.46.1.
       (Thanks to Aaron Lun @LTLA for reporting this
       https://github.com/grimbough/rhdf5/issues/134). 
     }