diff --git a/.ci_support/environment.yml b/.ci_support/environment.yml
index 4e52f62..fb081b1 100644
--- a/.ci_support/environment.yml
+++ b/.ci_support/environment.yml
@@ -9,4 +9,4 @@ dependencies:
 - pyiron_atomistics =0.2.58
 - numpy =1.23.3
 - pandas =1.5.0
-- matplotlib-base =3.6.0
+- matplotlib-base =3.6.1
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 68302fb..c7717f9 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@
         'pyiron_base==0.5.26',
         'pyiron_atomistics==0.2.58',
         'ipywidgets==7.7.1',
-        'matplotlib==3.6.0',
+        'matplotlib==3.6.1',
         'numpy==1.23.3',
         'pandas==1.5.0',
     ]