diff --git a/examples/advanced/ex_dipolarpathways_selection.py b/examples/advanced/ex_dipolarpathways_selection.py
index 57fb0e18..bf255174 100644
--- a/examples/advanced/ex_dipolarpathways_selection.py
+++ b/examples/advanced/ex_dipolarpathways_selection.py
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@
 import numpy as np
 import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
 from matplotlib.gridspec import GridSpec
-from mpl_toolkits.axes_grid1.inset_locator import inset_axes, InsetPosition
 import deerlab as dl
 
 
@@ -79,9 +78,7 @@
     Pfit = fits[n].P
     Pci = fits[n].PUncert.ci(95)
     # Setup the inset plot
-    axins = inset_axes(ax1,width="30%", height="30%", loc='upper left')
-    ip = InsetPosition(ax1,[0.35, 0.17+0.24*n, 0.6, 0.1])
-    axins.set_axes_locator(ip)
+    axins = ax1.inset_axes([0.35, 0.17+0.24*n, 0.6, 0.1])
     axins.yaxis.set_ticklabels([])
     axins.yaxis.set_visible(False)
     # Plot the distance distributions and their confidence bands
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index a0747967..5d237fc5 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
                         'joblib>=1.0.0',
                         'dill>=0.3.0',
                         'tqdm>=4.51.0',
-                        'matplotlib>=3.3.4',
+                        'matplotlib>=3.6.0',
                         'memoization>=0.3.1',
                         'pytest>=6.2.2',
                         'setuptools>=53.0.0',