diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index d512bcb..e232567 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 numba>=0.41
 numpy>=1.14
 scipy>=1.2
-matplotlib-base>=2.2
+matplotlib>=2.2
 seaborn>=0.9
 pandas>=0.23.4
 pathos>=0.2.1
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 09003d8..fd07e96 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
     author='Daniel Asarnow',
     author_email='asarnow@msg.ucsf.edu',
     description='Python programs for electron microscopy',
-    install_requires=['numba', 'numpy', 'scipy', 'matplotlib-base',
+    install_requires=['numba', 'numpy', 'scipy', 'matplotlib',
                       'seaborn', 'pandas', 'pathos', 'pyfftw',
                       'healpy', 'natsort', 'starfile'],
     zip_safe=False,