diff --git a/platformio.ini b/platformio.ini
index 14e91f88..f4d8c6b3 100644
--- a/platformio.ini
+++ b/platformio.ini
@@ -342,7 +342,7 @@ lib_deps =
   ${env.lib_deps}
   ;; currently we need the latest NeoPixelBus dev version, because it contains important bugfixes for -S3
   ;https://github.com/Makuna/NeoPixelBus.git#master ;; NPB 2.6.9 tends to crash whith IDF V4.4.3 -> use latest NeoPixelBus dev instead
-  makuna/NeoPixelBus @ ~2.7.1
+  makuna/NeoPixelBus @ 2.7.3
   https://github.com/pbolduc/AsyncTCP.git @ 1.2.0