diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 84a24296..fdd156ea 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@
         'pyiron_base==0.5.26',
         'pyiron_atomistics==0.2.57',
         'ipywidgets==7.7.1',
-        'matplotlib==3.6.0',
+        'matplotlib==3.6.1',
         'numpy==1.23.3',
         'pandas==1.5.0',
     ]