diff --git a/requirements/visual.txt b/requirements/visual.txt
index 75fa5f4da97..2a64510237d 100644
--- a/requirements/visual.txt
+++ b/requirements/visual.txt
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # NOTE: the upper bound for the package version is only set for CI stability, and it is dropped while installing this package
 #  in case you want to preserve/enforce restrictions on the latest compatible version, add "strict" as an in-line comment
 
-matplotlib >=3.3.0, <3.8.0
+matplotlib >=3.3.0, <3.9.0
 SciencePlots >= 2.0.0, <2.2.0