diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index fb4a48ff5d..aef8720f8d 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ strict = [
 ]
 strict-forcefields = [
     "calorine==2.2.1",
-    "chgnet==0.3.8",
+    "chgnet==0.4.0",
     "mace-torch>=0.3.3",
     "matgl==1.1.3",
     "quippy-ase==0.9.14; python_version < '3.12'",