diff --git a/kedro-datasets/pyproject.toml b/kedro-datasets/pyproject.toml
index 005e6cdf8..2914f8ad7 100644
--- a/kedro-datasets/pyproject.toml
+++ b/kedro-datasets/pyproject.toml
@@ -225,7 +225,7 @@ test = [
     "jupyterlab>=3.0",
     "jupyter~=1.0",
     "lxml~=4.6",
-    "matplotlib>=3.5, <3.6",
+    "matplotlib>=3.5, <4.0",
     "memory_profiler>=0.50.0, <1.0",
     "moto==5.0.0",
     "networkx~=2.4",
diff --git a/kedro-datasets/tests/matplotlib/test_matplotlib_writer.py b/kedro-datasets/tests/matplotlib/test_matplotlib_writer.py
index 4cdb58e92..1b5733471 100644
--- a/kedro-datasets/tests/matplotlib/test_matplotlib_writer.py
+++ b/kedro-datasets/tests/matplotlib/test_matplotlib_writer.py
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ def cleanup_plt():
 
 
 class TestMatplotlibWriter:
-    @pytest.mark.parametrize("save_args", [{"k1": "v1"}], indirect=True)
+    @pytest.mark.parametrize("save_args", [{"format": "png"}], indirect=True)
     def test_save_data(
         self, tmp_path, mock_single_plot, plot_writer, mocked_s3_bucket, save_args
     ):