diff --git a/doc/changelog.d/558.miscellaneous.md b/doc/changelog.d/558.miscellaneous.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..d355c1a3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc/changelog.d/558.miscellaneous.md
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Maint: bump vtk from 9.4.2 to 9.5.2
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 4627b851..8aeff97a 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ tests = [
     "pytest-cov==6.2.1",
     "pytest-rerunfailures==16.0.1",
     "pyvista==0.46.3",
-    "vtk==9.4.2",
+    "vtk==9.5.2",
 ]
 doc = [
     "Sphinx==8.1.3",
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ doc = [
     "sphinx-design==0.6.1",
     "sphinx-notfound-page==1.1.0",
     "sphinx-gallery==0.19.0",
-    "vtk==9.4.2",
+    "vtk==9.5.2",
 ]
 
 [tool.flit.module]