diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index df71eef65..cd96ef50f 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ dependencies = [
     "anndata>=0.9",
     "docrep>=0.3.0",
     "joblib>=0.13.1",
-    "matplotlib>=3.5.0,<3.7.2",
+    "matplotlib>=3.5.0",
     "networkx>=2.2",
     "numba>=0.51.0,!=0.57.0",
     "numpy>=1.22.0",
@@ -241,8 +241,6 @@ envlist = lint-code,py{3.8,3.9,3.10,3.11}-{slepc,noslepc}
 skip_missing_interpreters = true
 
 [testenv]
-# TODO(michalk8): remove after new scVelo version is up
-deps = git+https://github.com/theislab/scvelo
 conda_deps =
     py: r-mgcv
     py: rpy2
diff --git a/tests/_ground_truth_figures/mode_clustermap_format.png b/tests/_ground_truth_figures/mode_clustermap_format.png
index df37f3892..d225a7d76 100644
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diff --git a/tests/_ground_truth_figures/mode_heatmap_format.png b/tests/_ground_truth_figures/mode_heatmap_format.png
index 7618296fb..50ea661de 100644
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diff --git a/tests/test_plotting.py b/tests/test_plotting.py
index cc5c8b2cb..ec724eac5 100644
--- a/tests/test_plotting.py
+++ b/tests/test_plotting.py
@@ -419,7 +419,7 @@ def test_mode_heatmap_format(self, adata: AnnData, fpath: str):
             adata,
             cluster_key="clusters",
             mode="heatmap",
-            fmt=".10f",
+            fmt=".1f",
             dpi=DPI,
             save=fpath,
         )
@@ -489,7 +489,7 @@ def test_mode_clustermap_format(self, adata: AnnData, fpath: str):
             adata,
             cluster_key="clusters",
             mode="clustermap",
-            fmt=".10f",
+            fmt=".1f",
             dpi=DPI,
             save=fpath,
         )