diff --git a/requirements/requirements_docs.txt b/requirements/requirements_docs.txt
index e48638572b..fed72632f9 100644
--- a/requirements/requirements_docs.txt
+++ b/requirements/requirements_docs.txt
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ imageio-ffmpeg==0.4.7
 nbsphinx==0.9.3
 pypandoc==1.13
 pytest-sphinx==0.6.3
-pyvista==0.43.10
+pyvista==0.44.1
 sphinx==7.1.0
 sphinx-autobuild==2024.2.4
 sphinx-copybutton==0.5.2
diff --git a/requirements/requirements_test.txt b/requirements/requirements_test.txt
index e43ec5eb29..27427d3ca0 100644
--- a/requirements/requirements_test.txt
+++ b/requirements/requirements_test.txt
@@ -6,4 +6,4 @@ pytest==7.4.2
 pytest-cov==5.0.0
 pytest-order==1.2.1
 pytest-rerunfailures==14.0
-pyvista==0.43.10
+pyvista==0.44.1
diff --git a/src/ansys/dpf/core/plotter.py b/src/ansys/dpf/core/plotter.py
index a321588b1f..e209141f41 100644
--- a/src/ansys/dpf/core/plotter.py
+++ b/src/ansys/dpf/core/plotter.py
@@ -1017,6 +1017,6 @@ def _plot_contour_using_vtk_file(self, fields_container, notebook=None):
             if field_name in n:
                 field_name = n  # default: will plot the last time_step
         val = grid.get_array(field_name)
-        plotter.add_mesh(grid, scalars=val, stitle=field_name, show_edges=True)
+        plotter.add_mesh(grid, scalars=val, scalar_bar_args={"title": field_name}, show_edges=True)
         plotter.add_axes()
         plotter.show()