diff --git a/requirements/cpu_requirements.txt b/requirements/cpu_requirements.txt
index da124b51..9a654d82 100644
--- a/requirements/cpu_requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements/cpu_requirements.txt
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ visualization
 numpy
 opencv-python
 scipy
-matplotlib
+matplotlib<=2.2.0
 tensorflow<=1.15.0
 scikit-learn
 scikit-image
diff --git a/requirements/gpu_requirements.txt b/requirements/gpu_requirements.txt
index 3468918b..c9dd0ae0 100644
--- a/requirements/gpu_requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements/gpu_requirements.txt
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ visualization
 numpy
 opencv-python
 scipy
-matplotlib
+matplotlib<=2.2.0
 tensorflow-gpu<=1.15.0
 scikit-learn
 scikit-image
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index ff5c3949..abf65e73 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@ def run(self):
 
 requirements = [
     "autolab-core", "autolab-perception", "visualization", "numpy", "scipy",
-    "matplotlib", "opencv-python", "scikit-learn", "scikit-image", "psutil",
+    "matplotlib<=2.2.0", "opencv-python", "scikit-learn", "scikit-image", "psutil",
     "gputil"
 ]