diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 50e46261b..2f4341d0d 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ strict-forcefields = [
     "calorine==3.1; python_version < '3.12'",
     "chgnet==0.3.8",
     "mace-torch==0.3.14",
-    "matgl==1.3.0",
+    "matgl==2.0.2",
     "quippy-ase==0.9.14; python_version < '3.12'",
     "sevenn==0.10.4",
     "torch==2.2.0",