diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index ef2b7d4..c8df01d 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ project_urls =
 packages = find:
 install_requires =
     dask-image
-    matplotlib
+    matplotlib>=3.3
     napari==0.4.18
     natsort
     numpy