diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index ee59f6055d8e..1018d90d2cc8 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 numpy==1.17.*
-matplotlib==3.1.*
+matplotlib==3.3.*
 pyqtgraph==0.11.0
 PyVISA==1.10.1
 h5py==2.10.0