diff --git a/docs/source/release/v6.1.0/mantidworkbench.rst b/docs/source/release/v6.1.0/mantidworkbench.rst
index a2bf5da8f4767090eddccd4933356410343742b8..13dca475e21598e9e4d151329e722cdc3ad6e29a 100644
--- a/docs/source/release/v6.1.0/mantidworkbench.rst
+++ b/docs/source/release/v6.1.0/mantidworkbench.rst
@@ -37,5 +37,6 @@ Bugfixes
 - First time dialog box will not appear recurrently, if user selected their choice of facility
   and instrument at least once and checked "Do not show again until next version".
 - Fixed a bug that would cause a crash if the user right clicked on the plot in the instrument view pick tab after the stored curves were cleared.
+- The y-axis in the instrument view's pick tab will now rescale if the range changes.
 
 :ref:`Release 6.1.0 <v6.1.0>`
diff --git a/qt/widgets/instrumentview/src/MiniPlotMpl.cpp b/qt/widgets/instrumentview/src/MiniPlotMpl.cpp
index 3a5ad42a4a5dbfd9dc549076338ba4e499dd5c52..dff19f464df3caae2a74826fe29d64af36e45545 100644
--- a/qt/widgets/instrumentview/src/MiniPlotMpl.cpp
+++ b/qt/widgets/instrumentview/src/MiniPlotMpl.cpp
@@ -124,6 +124,7 @@ void MiniPlotMpl::setData(std::vector<double> x, std::vector<double> y,
   // is very different we need ensure the scale is tight enough to
   // see newer plots so we force a recalculation from the data
   axes.relim();
+  axes.autoscaleView();
   replot();
 }