diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 241e9ef..1d98b62 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ classifiers = [
 ]
 requires-python=">=3.8"
 dependencies = [
-        "matplotlib>=3.5",
+        "matplotlib>=3.9.4",
         "networkx>=3.0",
         "numpy>=1.23",
         "pyyaml>=3.0",