diff --git a/miscplot/variability.py b/miscplot/variability.py
index 364b196..dcd7244 100644
--- a/miscplot/variability.py
+++ b/miscplot/variability.py
@@ -142,7 +142,7 @@ def variability_plot(
         meanprops.setdefault('color', 'blue')
         meanprops.setdefault('alpha', 0.8)
         meanprops.setdefault('linewidth', 0.5)
-        meanprops.setdefault('zorder', 3)
+        meanprops.setdefault('zorder', 1)
         _meanplt = ax.plot(xy[:, 0], xy[:, 1], **meanprops)