diff --git a/continuum/environment.yml b/continuum/environment.yml
index b3895fa4..c3ecb090 100644
--- a/continuum/environment.yml
+++ b/continuum/environment.yml
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ dependencies:
 - pyiron-data =0.0.30
 - pyvista =0.44.2
 - sqsgenerator =0.3
-- vtk =9.2.6
+- vtk =9.4.0
 - seaborn =0.13.2
 - nglview =3.1.4
 - lammps =2024.02.07=*openmpi*
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 4643927c..d53c9aee 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ scanf==1.5.2
 seaborn==0.13.2
 structdbrest==0.0.1
 temmeta==0.0.6
-vtk==9.2.6
+vtk==9.4.0
 pytorch==2.1.2
 tensorflow==2.17.0
 llama-index==0.12.5