diff --git a/CHANGELOG-marker-gene-to-marker.md b/CHANGELOG-marker-gene-to-marker.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..426f0a8025
--- /dev/null
+++ b/CHANGELOG-marker-gene-to-marker.md
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+- Fix a bug that prevented highlighted genes from displaying.
diff --git a/context/app/api/client.py b/context/app/api/client.py
index 96499691f1..338706c8d8 100644
--- a/context/app/api/client.py
+++ b/context/app/api/client.py
@@ -183,7 +183,7 @@ def get_assay(name):
                     return type_client.getAssayType(name)
                 Builder = get_view_config_builder(entity=entity, get_assay=get_assay)
                 builder = Builder(entity, self.groups_token, current_app.config["ASSETS_ENDPOINT"])
-                vitessce_conf = builder.get_conf_cells(marker_gene=marker)
+                vitessce_conf = builder.get_conf_cells(marker=marker)
             except Exception as e:
                 if not wrap_error:
                     raise e
diff --git a/context/requirements.in b/context/requirements.in
index 481d03585c..ea477f4662 100644
--- a/context/requirements.in
+++ b/context/requirements.in
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ hubmap-api-py-client>=0.0.9
 hubmap-commons>=2.0.12
 
 # Plain "git+https://github.com/..." references can't be hashed, so we point to a release zip instead.
-https://github.com/hubmapconsortium/portal-visualization/archive/refs/tags/0.0.5.zip
+https://github.com/hubmapconsortium/portal-visualization/archive/refs/tags/0.0.6.zip
 
 # Security warning for older versions;
 # Can be removed when commons drops prov dependency.
diff --git a/context/requirements.txt b/context/requirements.txt
index 3aa8e7d2d8..09b6038aa7 100644
--- a/context/requirements.txt
+++ b/context/requirements.txt
@@ -638,8 +638,8 @@ platformdirs==2.5.1 \
     --hash=sha256:7535e70dfa32e84d4b34996ea99c5e432fa29a708d0f4e394bbcb2a8faa4f16d \
     --hash=sha256:bcae7cab893c2d310a711b70b24efb93334febe65f8de776ee320b517471e227
     # via black
-portal-visualization @ https://github.com/hubmapconsortium/portal-visualization/archive/refs/tags/0.0.5.zip \
-    --hash=sha256:d79b6793b6146ec6847fc86e67e2483e2f25d68c47fa55b7b7736e10e1b70fbc
+portal-visualization @ https://github.com/hubmapconsortium/portal-visualization/archive/refs/tags/0.0.6.zip \
+    --hash=sha256:cac84bd484b926bba8fd6bea91f88fba89cb6e38bb0179215f22e7574a03335d
     # via -r context/requirements.in
 property==2.2 \
     --hash=sha256:d25e4da4e415408b9eb39b6521c088e4e2b8a9e2f9f96fb2d91680e97207ea19