diff --git a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/setup.cfg b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/setup.cfg
index a45cdec1d06a9aacdab9914d09f43a2d49295529..66a5d514cd40373e02bac9d319771c5ab9a071a4 100644
--- a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/setup.cfg
+++ b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/setup.cfg
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ all =
     pytest-watch
     sphinx
     sphinx-autoapi
-    sphinx-gallery>=0.1.12
+    sphinx-gallery>=0.12.1
     sphinx_rtd_theme
     sphinxcontrib-versioning
     wheel