diff --git a/.ci_support/environment.yml b/.ci_support/environment.yml
index 37714d6..09cbd6a 100644
--- a/.ci_support/environment.yml
+++ b/.ci_support/environment.yml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ dependencies:
 - coverage
 - codacy-coverage
 - ipywidgets =7.7.1
-- pyiron_base =0.5.26
+- pyiron_base =0.5.28
 - pyiron_atomistics =0.2.58
 - numpy =1.23.4
 - pandas =1.5.1
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index e267039..3b8ea47 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
     keywords='pyiron',
     packages=find_packages(exclude=["*tests*", "*docs*", "*binder*", "*conda*", "*notebooks*", "*.ci_support*"]),
     install_requires=[
-        'pyiron_base==0.5.26',
+        'pyiron_base==0.5.28',
         'pyiron_atomistics==0.2.58',
         'ipywidgets==7.7.1',
         'matplotlib==3.6.2',