diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 7312ff6c47..cc77a73037 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ strict = [
 ]
 strict-forcefields = [
     "calorine==2.2.1",
-    "chgnet==0.3.8",
+    "chgnet==0.4.0",
     "mace-torch>=0.3.3",
     "torchdata==0.7.1", # TODO: remove when issue fixed
     "matgl==1.1.3",