diff --git a/news/patch_style.rst b/news/patch_style.rst
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..5e697103
--- /dev/null
+++ b/news/patch_style.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+**Added:**
+
+* <news item>
+
+**Changed:**
+
+* updated imports of bg-mpl-stylesheets for latest release of that code
+
+**Deprecated:**
+
+* <news item>
+
+**Removed:**
+
+* <news item>
+
+**Fixed:**
+
+* <news item>
+
+**Security:**
+
+* <news item>
diff --git a/src/diffpy/pdfmorph/pdfplot.py b/src/diffpy/pdfmorph/pdfplot.py
index 8b64c1d9..57478ac9 100644
--- a/src/diffpy/pdfmorph/pdfplot.py
+++ b/src/diffpy/pdfmorph/pdfplot.py
@@ -16,9 +16,9 @@
 
 import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
 import numpy
-from bg_mpl_stylesheet.bg_mpl_stylesheet import bg_mpl_style
+from bg_mpl_stylesheets.styles import all_styles
 
-plt.style.use(bg_mpl_style)
+plt.style.use(all_styles["bg_style"])
 
 
 # FIXME - make this return the figure object in the future, so several views