diff --git a/ci/deps/actions-310.yaml b/ci/deps/actions-310.yaml
index 682708d811878..2522605cf5c38 100644
--- a/ci/deps/actions-310.yaml
+++ b/ci/deps/actions-310.yaml
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ dependencies:
   - gcsfs>=2022.05.0
   - jinja2>=3.1.2
   - lxml>=4.8.0
-  - matplotlib>=3.6.1
+  - matplotlib>=3.6.1, <3.8
   - numba>=0.55.2
   - numexpr>=2.8.0
   - odfpy>=1.4.1
diff --git a/ci/deps/actions-311-downstream_compat.yaml b/ci/deps/actions-311-downstream_compat.yaml
index d09d4e5dea648..dc67122c6e72e 100644
--- a/ci/deps/actions-311-downstream_compat.yaml
+++ b/ci/deps/actions-311-downstream_compat.yaml
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ dependencies:
   - gcsfs>=2022.05.0
   - jinja2>=3.1.2
   - lxml>=4.8.0
-  - matplotlib>=3.6.1
+  - matplotlib>=3.6.1, <3.8
   - numba>=0.55.2
   - numexpr>=2.8.0
   - odfpy>=1.4.1
diff --git a/ci/deps/actions-311.yaml b/ci/deps/actions-311.yaml
index f458546fc3a1b..c9faaa2146235 100644
--- a/ci/deps/actions-311.yaml
+++ b/ci/deps/actions-311.yaml
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ dependencies:
   - gcsfs>=2022.05.0
   - jinja2>=3.1.2
   - lxml>=4.8.0
-  - matplotlib>=3.6.1
+  - matplotlib>=3.6.1, <3.8
   - numba>=0.55.2
   - numexpr>=2.8.0
   - odfpy>=1.4.1
diff --git a/ci/deps/actions-39.yaml b/ci/deps/actions-39.yaml
index 4ee8dc0c6d3fc..f51a8e04fbc7e 100644
--- a/ci/deps/actions-39.yaml
+++ b/ci/deps/actions-39.yaml
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ dependencies:
   - gcsfs>=2022.05.0
   - jinja2>=3.1.2
   - lxml>=4.8.0
-  - matplotlib>=3.6.1
+  - matplotlib>=3.6.1, <3.8
   - numba>=0.55.2
   - numexpr>=2.8.0
   - odfpy>=1.4.1
diff --git a/ci/deps/circle-310-arm64.yaml b/ci/deps/circle-310-arm64.yaml
index c520fa17551e0..d1a9e336eaeac 100644
--- a/ci/deps/circle-310-arm64.yaml
+++ b/ci/deps/circle-310-arm64.yaml
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ dependencies:
   - gcsfs>=2022.05.0
   - jinja2>=3.1.2
   - lxml>=4.8.0
-  - matplotlib>=3.6.1
+  - matplotlib>=3.6.1, <3.8
   # test_numba_vs_cython segfaults with numba 0.57
   - numba>=0.55.2, <0.57.0
   - numexpr>=2.8.0
diff --git a/environment.yml b/environment.yml
index 5caa57ef37ee8..db6138c34f37c 100644
--- a/environment.yml
+++ b/environment.yml
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ dependencies:
   - ipython
   - jinja2>=3.1.2
   - lxml>=4.8.0
-  - matplotlib>=3.6.1
+  - matplotlib>=3.6.1, <3.8
   - numba>=0.55.2
   - numexpr>=2.8.0
   - openpyxl>=3.0.10
diff --git a/requirements-dev.txt b/requirements-dev.txt
index b8e7e376378c6..98339f45a5052 100644
--- a/requirements-dev.txt
+++ b/requirements-dev.txt
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ gcsfs>=2022.05.0
 ipython
 jinja2>=3.1.2
 lxml>=4.8.0
-matplotlib>=3.6.1
+matplotlib>=3.6.1, <3.8
 numba>=0.55.2
 numexpr>=2.8.0
 openpyxl>=3.0.10