diff --git a/ci/requirements.txt b/ci/requirements.txt
index 183b59301b..2d52a15cf0 100644
--- a/ci/requirements.txt
+++ b/ci/requirements.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-matplotlib==3.9.3
+matplotlib==3.10.0
 numpy==2.2.0
 pandas==2.2.3
 pooch==1.8.2
diff --git a/tests/plots/baseline/test_declarative_events.png b/tests/plots/baseline/test_declarative_events.png
index b33fb429c4..868ac10b53 100644
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diff --git a/tests/plots/baseline/test_declarative_image.png b/tests/plots/baseline/test_declarative_image.png
index fd93704a3a..1f34223d06 100644
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diff --git a/tests/plots/baseline/test_global.png b/tests/plots/baseline/test_global.png
index 5211dca096..45d8ef0c8d 100644
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diff --git a/tests/plots/baseline/test_latlon.png b/tests/plots/baseline/test_latlon.png
index 847dc5fe42..d1876166af 100644
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diff --git a/tests/plots/test_declarative.py b/tests/plots/test_declarative.py
index 5ff7736556..93a43c2c8f 100644
--- a/tests/plots/test_declarative.py
+++ b/tests/plots/test_declarative.py
@@ -26,7 +26,8 @@
 from metpy.units import units
 
 
-@pytest.mark.mpl_image_compare(remove_text=True, tolerance=0.02)
+@pytest.mark.mpl_image_compare(remove_text=True,
+                               tolerance=2.58 if version_check('matplotlib<3.10') else 0.0081)
 @needs_cartopy
 def test_declarative_image():
     """Test making an image plot."""
@@ -474,7 +475,7 @@ def test_declarative_contour_convert_units():
 
 
 @pytest.mark.mpl_image_compare(remove_text=True,
-                               tolerance=2.731 if version_check('matplotlib<3.9') else 0.246)
+                               tolerance=5.34 if version_check('matplotlib<3.10') else 0.246)
 @needs_cartopy
 def test_declarative_events():
     """Test that resetting traitlets properly propagates."""
@@ -802,7 +803,8 @@ def test_colorfill_no_colorbar(cfeature):
     return pc.figure
 
 
-@pytest.mark.mpl_image_compare(remove_text=True, tolerance=1.23)
+@pytest.mark.mpl_image_compare(remove_text=True,
+                               tolerance=1.389 if version_check('matplotlib<3.10') else 0.0012)
 @needs_cartopy
 def test_global():
     """Test that we can set global extent."""
@@ -824,7 +826,8 @@ def test_global():
     return pc.figure
 
 
-@pytest.mark.mpl_image_compare(remove_text=True)
+@pytest.mark.mpl_image_compare(remove_text=True,
+                               tolerance=5.101 if version_check('matplotlib<3.10') else 0.019)
 @needs_cartopy
 def test_latlon():
     """Test our handling of lat/lon information."""