diff --git a/.ci_support/environment.yml b/.ci_support/environment.yml
index d866800..d879c86 100644
--- a/.ci_support/environment.yml
+++ b/.ci_support/environment.yml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ dependencies:
 - coverage
 - codacy-coverage
 - ipywidgets =8.1.3
-- pyiron_base =0.9.6
+- pyiron_base =0.9.7
 - pyiron_atomistics =0.6.4
 - maggma =0.60.2
 - numpy =1.26.4
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 41a344b..fc14def 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
     keywords='pyiron',
     packages=find_packages(exclude=["*tests*", "*docs*", "*binder*", "*conda*", "*notebooks*", "*.ci_support*"]),
     install_requires=[
-        'pyiron_base==0.9.6',
+        'pyiron_base==0.9.7',
         'pyiron_atomistics==0.6.4',
         'ipywidgets==8.1.3',
         'matplotlib==3.9.1',