diff --git a/.vscode/settings.json b/.vscode/settings.json
index 7c2054aa..10f0ebca 100644
--- a/.vscode/settings.json
+++ b/.vscode/settings.json
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 {
-    "python.pythonPath": "/home/ian/anaconda3/envs/ipympl/bin/python",
+    "python.pythonPath": "/home/ian/anaconda3/envs/mpl-inter/bin/python",
     "python.formatting.provider": "black"
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/mpl_interactions/_version.py b/mpl_interactions/_version.py
index 5d472026..a6649843 100644
--- a/mpl_interactions/_version.py
+++ b/mpl_interactions/_version.py
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-version_info = (0, 16, 1)
+version_info = (0, 16, 2)
 __version__ = ".".join(map(str, version_info))
diff --git a/mpl_interactions/helpers.py b/mpl_interactions/helpers.py
index 5382ee10..e147d53b 100644
--- a/mpl_interactions/helpers.py
+++ b/mpl_interactions/helpers.py
@@ -480,7 +480,7 @@ def create_mpl_selection_slider(ax, label, values, slider_format_string):
     """
     creates a slider that behaves similarly to the ipywidgets selection slider
     """
-    slider = mwidgets.Slider(ax, label, 0, len(values), valinit=0, valstep=1)
+    slider = mwidgets.Slider(ax, label, 0, len(values) - 1, valinit=0, valstep=1)
 
     def update_text(val):
         slider.valtext.set_text(slider_format_string.format(values[int(val)]))