diff --git a/ci/deps/actions-310.yaml b/ci/deps/actions-310.yaml
index edd48604dbfda..5db145e31ebc5 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 2fb6072314b1e..2d50056098a0f 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 029312202bcaa..d56fb9ac9fe90 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 12893698b5534..1843e6bd8005f 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 a945dbfe2ca20..c893beced8fb4 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 447abd22e29b4..6f80e9af58643 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 15a8633d09039..01e537f7ea28f 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