diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index baf39b0..4678691 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -9,6 +9,10 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](http://semver.org/).
 ### Added
 - Apply Black formatter [#169](https://github.com/IN-CORE/pyincore-viz/issues/169)
 
+### Fixed
+- Unnecessary dependency in setup.py [#171](https://github.com/IN-CORE/pyincore-viz/issues/171)
+- Matplotlib version incompatibility by upgrade in geoutil [#173](https://github.com/IN-CORE/pyincore-viz/issues/173)
+
 ## [1.10.1] - 2023-06-12
 ### Added
 - Google Analytics to the documentation site [#164](https://github.com/IN-CORE/pyincore-viz/issues/164)
diff --git a/environment.yml b/environment.yml
index 8a52593..9102bde 100644
--- a/environment.yml
+++ b/environment.yml
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ dependencies:
   - ipyleaflet>=0.16.0
   - ipywidgets>=7.6.0
   - lxml>=4.6.3
-  - matplotlib>=3.8.0
+  - matplotlib>=3.8.3
   - networkx>=3.2.1
   - numpy>=1.26.0,<2.0a0
   - owslib>=0.17.1
@@ -23,4 +23,3 @@ dependencies:
   - pytest>=3.9.0
   - python-jose>=3.0
   - rasterio>=1.3.9
-  - openssl<=3.2.0
diff --git a/pyincore_viz/geoutil.py b/pyincore_viz/geoutil.py
index 40a0d3f..c9fa614 100644
--- a/pyincore_viz/geoutil.py
+++ b/pyincore_viz/geoutil.py
@@ -319,7 +319,7 @@ def plot_raster_file_with_legend(file_path, title=None):
         max = earthquake_nd.max()
 
         # Define the default viridis colormap for viz
-        viz_cmap = cm.get_cmap("viridis", 256)
+        viz_cmap = plt.get_cmap('viridis', 256)
 
         earthquake_nd = np.flip(earthquake_nd, axis=0)
 
diff --git a/recipes/meta.yaml b/recipes/meta.yaml
index 0a7953c..fd66442 100644
--- a/recipes/meta.yaml
+++ b/recipes/meta.yaml
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ requirements:
     - ipyleaflet>=0.16.0
     - ipywidgets>=7.6.0
     - lxml>=4.6.3
-    - matplotlib>=3.8.0
+    - matplotlib>=3.8.3
     - networkx>=3.2.1
     - owslib>=0.17.1
     - pandas>=2.1.2
diff --git a/requirements.min b/requirements.min
index 82f572c..2c88ec3 100644
--- a/requirements.min
+++ b/requirements.min
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ geopandas>=0.14.0
 ipyleaflet>=0.16.0
 ipywidgets>=7.6.0
 lxml>=4.6.3
-matplotlib>=3.8.0
+matplotlib>=3.8.3
 networkx>=3.2.1
 numpy>=1.26.0,<2.0a0
 owslib>=0.17.1
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 3ccfe10..0ddb72b 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ geopandas>=0.14.0
 ipyleaflet>=0.16.0
 ipywidgets>=7.6.0
 lxml>=4.6.3
-matplotlib>=3.8.0
+matplotlib>=3.8.3
 networkx>=3.2.1
 numpy>=1.26.0,<2.0a0
 owslib>=0.17.1
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 4483297..336e576 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -47,22 +47,21 @@
     include_package_data=True,
     package_data={"": ["*.ini"]},
     install_requires=[
-        "branca>=0.3.0",
-        "contextily>=1.0.0",
-        "deprecated",
-        "geopandas>=0.14.0",
-        "ipyleaflet>=0.16.0",
-        "ipywidgets>=7.6.0",
-        "lxml>=4.6.3",
-        "matplotlib>=3.8.0",
-        "networkx>=3.2.1",
-        "numpy>=1.26.0,<2.0a0",
-        "owslib>=0.17.1",
-        "pandas>=2.1.2",
-        "pillow",
-        "pyincore>=1.11.0",
-        "rasterio>=1.3.9",
-        "openssl<=3.2.0",
+        'branca>=0.3.0',
+        'contextily>=1.0.0',
+        'deprecated',
+        'geopandas>=0.14.0',
+        'ipyleaflet>=0.16.0',
+        'ipywidgets>=7.6.0',
+        'lxml>=4.6.3',
+        'matplotlib>=3.8.3',
+        'networkx>=3.2.1',
+        'numpy>=1.26.0,<2.0a0',
+        'owslib>=0.17.1',
+        'pandas>=2.1.2',
+        'pillow',
+        'pyincore>=1.11.0',
+        'rasterio>=1.3.9',
     ],
     extras_require={
         "test": [