diff --git a/kernel/requirements.txt b/kernel/requirements.txt
index 947efe4..54b2d10 100644
--- a/kernel/requirements.txt
+++ b/kernel/requirements.txt
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ antlr4-python3-runtime==4.11
 build
 cplot
 docutils==0.19
-matplotlib==3.5.2
+matplotlib==3.8.2
 nltk==3.8.1
 numpy==1.24.2
 scipy==1.9.3