diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index fd46c313..8f06bac5 100755
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -55,7 +55,6 @@ Release Notes
  * avoid devision by zero in `select_branch_cells` for very small datasets
  * make branch selection robust against NaNs
  * do not plot unclustered trends (NaN cluster) in `plot_gene_trend_clusters`
- * change dependency from `matplotlib` to `matplotlib-base`
 
  ### Version 1.3.3
  * optional progress bar with `progress=True` in `palantir.utils.run_local_variability`
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 00705a91..6a06ddb4 100755
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
         "joblib",
         "fcsparser>=0.1.2",
         "leidenalg>=0.9.1",
-        "matplotlib-base>=2.2.2",
+        "matplotlib>=2.2.2",
         "anndata>=0.8.0",
         "scanpy>=1.6.0",
         "mellon>=1.3.0",