diff --git a/.ci_support/environment.yml b/.ci_support/environment.yml
index f5441da..06a8b13 100644
--- a/.ci_support/environment.yml
+++ b/.ci_support/environment.yml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ dependencies:
 - codacy-coverage
 - ipywidgets =8.1.2
 - pyiron_base =0.7.7
-- pyiron_atomistics =0.4.15
+- pyiron_atomistics =0.4.17
 - maggma =0.60.2
 - numpy =1.26.4
 - pandas =2.2.0
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index b29a3dc..ab3d9a5 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@
     packages=find_packages(exclude=["*tests*", "*docs*", "*binder*", "*conda*", "*notebooks*", "*.ci_support*"]),
     install_requires=[
         'pyiron_base==0.7.7',
-        'pyiron_atomistics==0.4.15',
+        'pyiron_atomistics==0.4.17',
         'ipywidgets==8.1.2',
         'matplotlib==3.8.2',
         'nbconvert==7.16.1',