diff --git a/.github/workflows/formatting_check.yml b/.github/workflows/formatting_check.yml
index 22bb003e8d..175af70ad0 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/formatting_check.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/formatting_check.yml
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Pip install python dependencies
         run: |
           python -m pip install --upgrade pip
-          pip install -v black==22.1.0
+          pip install -v black==22.3.0
 
       - name: Black Code Formatter
         run: black --check --diff --color .
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index d2642a9aa8..c7ade00d1b 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
     "coverage>=5",
     "networkx~=2.4",
     "pre-commit>=2.7",
-    "black==22.1.0",
+    "black==22.3.0",
     "flake8==4.0.1",
 ]
 MPI_DEPENDENCIES = ["mpi4py>=3.0.1, <4", "mpi4jax~=0.3.1"]