diff --git a/moose-core/CMakeLists.txt b/moose-core/CMakeLists.txt
index 93810552e438a530a5a6888a870fa5e04b80cc9c..bb5930f1494fdcef068a73aac9c94a85330d12b6 100644
--- a/moose-core/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/moose-core/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -236,12 +236,12 @@ endif()
 if(HDF5_STATIC_HOME)
     SET(HDF5_INCLUDE_DIRS "${HDF5_STATIC_HOME}/include")
     find_library(HDF5_LIBRARY 
-        NAME libhdf5-static.a
+        NAMES libhdf5-static.a libhdf5.a
         PATHS ${HDF5_STATIC_HOME}/lib ${HDF5_STATIC_HOME}/lib64
         NO_DEFAULT_PATH
         )
     find_library(HDF5_HL_LIBRARY
-        NAME libhdf5_hl-static.a
+        NAMES libhdf5_hl-static.a libhdf5_hl.a
         PATHS ${HDF5_STATIC_HOME}/lib ${HDF5_STATIC_HOME}/lib64
         NO_DEFAULT_PATH
         )
diff --git a/moose-core/VERSION b/moose-core/VERSION
index e810ce784e14926d1abe567fe6f2313292c794a1..50e47c89cafc3ec95774b3110a3dba45256d0b24 100644
--- a/moose-core/VERSION
+++ b/moose-core/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-3.1.1-29-g7143a53
\ No newline at end of file
+3.1.1
\ No newline at end of file