diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index f71355fa..57453e4f 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@
         "ffmpy",
         "ipython",
         "rich",
-        "matplotlib==3.7",  # See https://github.com/librosa/librosa/issues/1763#issuecomment-1742120524
+        "matplotlib==3.5",  # See https://github.com/librosa/librosa/issues/1763#issuecomment-1742120524
         "librosa",
         "pystoi",
         "torch_stoi",