diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index f890ce3b2e..f9e7a505d3 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ def find_scripts(script_dir, prefix):
         'h5py',
         'iminuit>=2',
         'joblib~=1.2.0',
-        'matplotlib~=3.7',
+        'matplotlib~=3.7.0',
         'numba',
         'numpy',
         'pandas',