diff --git a/doc/changelog.d/1974.dependencies.md b/doc/changelog.d/1974.dependencies.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..52916dc817
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc/changelog.d/1974.dependencies.md
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+bump matplotlib from 3.10.1 to 3.10.3
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diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 1d24604107..020a80d3b1 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ tests = [
     "geomdl==5.3.1",
     "grpcio==1.71.0",
     "grpcio-health-checking==1.71.0",
-    "matplotlib==3.10.1",
+    "matplotlib==3.10.3",
     "numpy==2.2.5",
     "Pint==0.24.4",
     "protobuf==5.29.3",
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ doc = [
     "ipyvtklink==0.2.3",
     "jupyter_sphinx==0.5.3",
     "jupytext==1.17.1",
-    "matplotlib==3.10.1",
+    "matplotlib==3.10.3",
     "myst-parser==4.0.1",
     "nbconvert==7.16.6",
     "nbsphinx==0.9.6",