diff --git a/.readthedocs.yaml b/.readthedocs.yaml
index 4079af7..2cf32f5 100644
--- a/.readthedocs.yaml
+++ b/.readthedocs.yaml
@@ -1,12 +1,19 @@
 version: 2
-python:
-    version: 3.8
-    install:
-      - method: pip
-        path: .
-        extra_requirements:
-          - doc
 
+
+# Set the OS, Python version and other tools you might need
+
+build:
+  os: ubuntu-22.04
+  tools:
+    python: "3.12"
+
+python:
+  install:
+    - method: pip
+      path: .
+      extra_requirements:
+        - doc
 # Build documentation in the docs/ directory with Sphinx
 sphinx:
   configuration: docs/conf.py
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 8805b7a..0526556 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ classifiers = [
 ]
 dynamic = ["version"]
 dependencies = [
-    "matplotlib",
+    "matplotlib>=3.5",
     "mpl-pan-zoom",
     "numpy",
 ]
diff --git a/src/mpl_image_segmenter/_segmenter.py b/src/mpl_image_segmenter/_segmenter.py
index 09f9d5d..5107198 100644
--- a/src/mpl_image_segmenter/_segmenter.py
+++ b/src/mpl_image_segmenter/_segmenter.py
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 from typing import TYPE_CHECKING
 
 import numpy as np
-from matplotlib import __version__ as mpl_version
+from matplotlib import __version_info__ as mpl_version_info
 from matplotlib import get_backend
 from matplotlib.colors import TABLEAU_COLORS, XKCD_COLORS, to_rgba_array
 from matplotlib.path import Path
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ def __init__(  # type: ignore
         if isinstance(lasso_mousebutton, str):
             lasso_mousebutton = button_dict[lasso_mousebutton.lower()]
 
-        if mpl_version < "3.7":
+        if mpl_version_info < (3, 7):
             self.lasso = LassoSelector(
                 self.ax,
                 self._onselect,