diff --git a/plotly/plotlyfig_aux/helpers/findColorbarAxis.m b/plotly/plotlyfig_aux/helpers/findColorbarAxis.m
index 9fea2ed0..23c7d6e2 100644
--- a/plotly/plotlyfig_aux/helpers/findColorbarAxis.m
+++ b/plotly/plotlyfig_aux/helpers/findColorbarAxis.m
@@ -1,9 +1,14 @@
 function colorbarAxis = findColorbarAxis(obj,colorbarHandle)
-if isHG2
+if isHG2    
     colorbarAxisIndex = find(arrayfun(@(x)(isequal(getappdata(x.Handle,'ColorbarPeerHandle'),colorbarHandle)),obj.State.Axis));
+    % If the above returns empty then we are on a more recent Matlab
+    % release where the appdata entry is called LayoutPeers
+    if isempty(colorbarAxisIndex)
+        colorbarAxisIndex = find(arrayfun(@(x)(isequal(getappdata(x.Handle,'LayoutPeers'),colorbarHandle)),obj.State.Axis));
+    end
 else
     colorbarAxisIndex = find(arrayfun(@(x)(isequal(getappdata(x.Handle,'LegendColorbarInnerList'),colorbarHandle) + ...
         isequal(getappdata(x.Handle,'LegendColorbarOuterList'),colorbarHandle)),obj.State.Axis));
 end
 colorbarAxis = obj.State.Axis(colorbarAxisIndex).Handle;
-end
\ No newline at end of file
+end