diff --git a/ci/recipe/meta.yaml b/ci/recipe/meta.yaml
index 75300072f..34d02fee8 100644
--- a/ci/recipe/meta.yaml
+++ b/ci/recipe/meta.yaml
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ requirements:
     - lxml
     - mache >=1.11.0
     - matplotlib-base >=3.6.0,!=3.7.2
-    - mpas_tools >=0.16.0
+    - mpas_tools >=0.30.0
     - nco >=4.8.1
     - netcdf4
     - numpy
diff --git a/dev-spec.txt b/dev-spec.txt
index 27fbe93b3..af35884ae 100644
--- a/dev-spec.txt
+++ b/dev-spec.txt
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ mache >=1.11.0
 # 3.7.2 contains a bug with tight layouts and insets
 # https://github.com/matplotlib/matplotlib/pull/26291
 matplotlib-base>=3.6.0,!=3.7.2
-mpas_tools>=0.16.0
+mpas_tools>=0.30.0
 nco>=4.8.1
 netcdf4
 numpy