diff --git a/solara/website/pages/examples/general/live_update.py b/solara/website/pages/examples/general/live_update.py
index 450920a45..226527a73 100644
--- a/solara/website/pages/examples/general/live_update.py
+++ b/solara/website/pages/examples/general/live_update.py
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ def LiveUpdatingComponent(counter):
     """Component which will be redrawn whenever the counter value changes."""
     fig, ax = plt.subplots()
     ax.plot(np.arange(10), np.random.random(10))
+    plt.close(fig)
     solara.FigureMatplotlib(fig)