diff --git a/.circleci/config.yml b/.circleci/config.yml
index 32e27a37aa9..b66d1326d15 100644
--- a/.circleci/config.yml
+++ b/.circleci/config.yml
@@ -217,11 +217,12 @@ jobs:
   make-baselines-virtual-webgl:
     parallelism: 8
     docker:
-      - image: circleci/python:3.8.9
+      - image: cimg/python:3.12.11
     working_directory: ~/plotly.js
     steps:
       - attach_workspace:
           at: ~/
+      - run: sudo apt-get update
       - run:
           name: Install kaleido, plotly.io and required fonts
           command: .circleci/env_image.sh
@@ -235,11 +236,12 @@ jobs:
 
   make-baselines-mathjax3:
     docker:
-      - image: circleci/python:3.8.9
+      - image: cimg/python:3.12.11
     working_directory: ~/plotly.js
     steps:
       - attach_workspace:
           at: ~/
+      - run: sudo apt-get update
       - run:
           name: Install kaleido, plotly.io and required fonts
           command: .circleci/env_image.sh
@@ -254,11 +256,12 @@ jobs:
   make-baselines:
     parallelism: 12
     docker:
-      - image: circleci/python:3.8.9
+      - image: cimg/python:3.12.11
     working_directory: ~/plotly.js
     steps:
       - attach_workspace:
           at: ~/
+      - run: sudo apt-get update
       - run:
           name: Install kaleido, plotly.io and required fonts
           command: .circleci/env_image.sh
@@ -273,11 +276,12 @@ jobs:
   make-baselines-b64:
     parallelism: 12
     docker:
-      - image: circleci/python:3.8.9
+      - image: cimg/python:3.12.11
     working_directory: ~/plotly.js
     steps:
       - attach_workspace:
           at: ~/
+      - run: sudo apt-get update
       - run:
           name: Install kaleido, plotly.io and required fonts
           command: .circleci/env_image.sh
@@ -347,11 +351,12 @@ jobs:
 
   make-exports:
     docker:
-      - image: circleci/python:3.8.9
+      - image: cimg/python:3.12.11
     working_directory: ~/plotly.js
     steps:
       - attach_workspace:
           at: ~/
+      - run: sudo apt-get update
       - run:
           name: Install kaleido, plotly.io and required fonts
           command: .circleci/env_image.sh
@@ -362,7 +367,7 @@ jobs:
             sudo apt-get install poppler-utils
       - run:
           name: Create svg, jpg, jpeg, webp, pdf and eps files
-          command: python3 test/image/make_exports.py
+          command: sudo python3 test/image/make_exports.py
       - persist_to_workspace:
           root: ~/
           paths:
@@ -488,7 +493,7 @@ jobs:
       - store_artifacts:
           path: stackgl_modules/index.js
           destination: stackgl_modules/index.js
-  
+
   test-topojson-build:
     docker:
       - image: cimg/node:18.20.4
diff --git a/.circleci/env_image.sh b/.circleci/env_image.sh
index 47b5d530545..17e2f5bfa26 100755
--- a/.circleci/env_image.sh
+++ b/.circleci/env_image.sh
@@ -2,10 +2,20 @@
 set -e
 # install required fonts
 sudo apt-get install fonts-liberation2 fonts-open-sans fonts-noto-cjk fonts-noto-color-emoji
+
+# install pip
+sudo curl https://bootstrap.pypa.io/get-pip.py -o get-pip.py
+sudo python3 get-pip.py
+
+# install additional fonts
+sudo python3 -m pip install requests
 sudo python3 .circleci/download_google_fonts.py
 sudo cp -r .circleci/fonts/ /usr/share/
+sudo apt install fontconfig
 sudo fc-cache -f
+
 # install kaleido & plotly
-sudo python3 -m pip install kaleido==0.2.1 plotly==5.5.0 --progress-bar off
+sudo python3 -m pip install kaleido==0.2.1 plotly==6.2.0 --progress-bar off
+
 # install numpy i.e. to convert arrays to typed arrays
 sudo python3 -m pip install numpy==1.24.2
diff --git a/.circleci/test.sh b/.circleci/test.sh
index b814c1dd3e8..4fc876018b8 100755
--- a/.circleci/test.sh
+++ b/.circleci/test.sh
@@ -97,24 +97,24 @@ case $1 in
                   find $ROOT/test/image/mocks/gl*     -type f -printf "%f\n"; \
                   find $ROOT/test/image/mocks/map* -type f -printf "%f\n"; \
                 } | sed 's/\.json$//1' | circleci tests split)
-        python3 test/image/make_baseline.py virtual-webgl $SUITE || EXIT_STATE=$?
+        sudo python3 test/image/make_baseline.py virtual-webgl $SUITE || EXIT_STATE=$?
         exit $EXIT_STATE
         ;;
 
     make-baselines-mathjax3)
-        python3 test/image/make_baseline.py mathjax3    legend_mathjax_title_and_items mathjax parcats_grid_subplots table_latex_multitrace_scatter table_plain_birds table_wrapped_birds ternary-mathjax ternary-mathjax-title-place-subtitle || EXIT_STATE=$?
+        sudo python3 test/image/make_baseline.py mathjax3    legend_mathjax_title_and_items mathjax parcats_grid_subplots table_latex_multitrace_scatter table_plain_birds table_wrapped_birds ternary-mathjax ternary-mathjax-title-place-subtitle || EXIT_STATE=$?
         exit $EXIT_STATE
         ;;
 
     make-baselines-b64)
         SUITE=$(find $ROOT/test/image/mocks/ -type f -printf "%f\n" | sed 's/\.json$//1' | circleci tests split)
-        python3 test/image/make_baseline.py b64 $SUITE || EXIT_STATE=$?
+        sudo python3 test/image/make_baseline.py b64 $SUITE || EXIT_STATE=$?
         exit $EXIT_STATE
         ;;
 
     make-baselines)
         SUITE=$(find $ROOT/test/image/mocks/ -type f -printf "%f\n" | sed 's/\.json$//1' | circleci tests split)
-        python3 test/image/make_baseline.py $SUITE || EXIT_STATE=$?
+        sudo python3 test/image/make_baseline.py $SUITE || EXIT_STATE=$?
         exit $EXIT_STATE
         ;;
 
diff --git a/test/image/baselines/14.png b/test/image/baselines/14.png
index ce59b527c1b..f7359f8310e 100644
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diff --git a/test/image/baselines/gl3d_world-cals.png b/test/image/baselines/gl3d_world-cals.png
index 23c3ddfb28f..55e980e8ea3 100644
Binary files a/test/image/baselines/gl3d_world-cals.png and b/test/image/baselines/gl3d_world-cals.png differ
diff --git a/test/image/baselines/japanese.png b/test/image/baselines/japanese.png
index d716d6bb088..651c8d4b1a4 100644
Binary files a/test/image/baselines/japanese.png and b/test/image/baselines/japanese.png differ
diff --git a/test/image/baselines/mathjax3___parcats_grid_subplots.png b/test/image/baselines/mathjax3___parcats_grid_subplots.png
index c00175ae64a..0d485e0b574 100644
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diff --git a/test/image/baselines/mathjax3___table_latex_multitrace_scatter.png b/test/image/baselines/mathjax3___table_latex_multitrace_scatter.png
index 094b1dafa06..3e59e955334 100644
Binary files a/test/image/baselines/mathjax3___table_latex_multitrace_scatter.png and b/test/image/baselines/mathjax3___table_latex_multitrace_scatter.png differ
diff --git a/test/image/baselines/mathjax3___table_plain_birds.png b/test/image/baselines/mathjax3___table_plain_birds.png
index 7ecf490e622..c99b4ea88b1 100644
Binary files a/test/image/baselines/mathjax3___table_plain_birds.png and b/test/image/baselines/mathjax3___table_plain_birds.png differ
diff --git a/test/image/baselines/parcats_grid_subplots.png b/test/image/baselines/parcats_grid_subplots.png
index ed385b2034b..7bfc47557dd 100644
Binary files a/test/image/baselines/parcats_grid_subplots.png and b/test/image/baselines/parcats_grid_subplots.png differ
diff --git a/test/image/baselines/round-worldcup.png b/test/image/baselines/round-worldcup.png
index 586622673b7..784f8553528 100644
Binary files a/test/image/baselines/round-worldcup.png and b/test/image/baselines/round-worldcup.png differ
diff --git a/test/image/baselines/table_latex_multitrace_scatter.png b/test/image/baselines/table_latex_multitrace_scatter.png
index 63b4481d770..5959e91696a 100644
Binary files a/test/image/baselines/table_latex_multitrace_scatter.png and b/test/image/baselines/table_latex_multitrace_scatter.png differ
diff --git a/test/image/baselines/table_plain_birds.png b/test/image/baselines/table_plain_birds.png
index 67d2742e952..0a0be251b1d 100644
Binary files a/test/image/baselines/table_plain_birds.png and b/test/image/baselines/table_plain_birds.png differ
diff --git a/test/image/baselines/worldcup.png b/test/image/baselines/worldcup.png
index 204a756c3f8..043d310453b 100644
Binary files a/test/image/baselines/worldcup.png and b/test/image/baselines/worldcup.png differ
diff --git a/test/image/export_test.js b/test/image/export_test.js
index d5caded09ad..92264ded4cb 100644
--- a/test/image/export_test.js
+++ b/test/image/export_test.js
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ var getImagePaths = require('./assets/get_image_paths');
 // image formats to test
 //
 // N.B. 'png' is tested in `npm run test-image, no need to duplicate here
-var FORMATS = ['svg', 'jpg', 'jpeg', 'webp', 'eps', 'pdf'];
+var FORMATS = ['svg', 'jpg', 'jpeg', 'webp', 'pdf'];
 
 var ONLY_FILE_SIZE = ['eps', 'pdf'];
 
diff --git a/test/image/make_exports.py b/test/image/make_exports.py
index ea8a4efe7f1..279439af1e4 100644
--- a/test/image/make_exports.py
+++ b/test/image/make_exports.py
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 pio.templates.default = 'none'
 pio.kaleido.scope.plotlyjs = os.path.join(root, 'build', 'plotly.js')
 
-allFormats = ['svg', 'jpg', 'jpeg', 'webp', 'eps', 'pdf']
+allFormats = ['svg', 'jpg', 'jpeg', 'webp', 'pdf']
 # 'png' is tested by image-test
 
 allNames = [