diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 0e7c13ca2f..2d5bfbdf7f 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ reproject==0.8
 avro-python3==1.10.2
 fastavro==1.4.7
 tqdm>=4.27,<4.63
-matplotlib==3.4.3
+matplotlib==3.5.2
 astroquery==0.4.3
 apispec==4.0.0
 marshmallow==3.14.0