diff --git a/imap_processing/cdf/config/imap_codice_l2-hi-direct-events_variable_attrs.yaml b/imap_processing/cdf/config/imap_codice_l2-hi-direct-events_variable_attrs.yaml
index eadc5c20c..2c1eec847 100644
--- a/imap_processing/cdf/config/imap_codice_l2-hi-direct-events_variable_attrs.yaml
+++ b/imap_processing/cdf/config/imap_codice_l2-hi-direct-events_variable_attrs.yaml
@@ -78,6 +78,7 @@ num_events:
   FIELDNAM: Number of Events
   FILLVAL: *uint16_fillval
   FORMAT: I5
+  LABLAXIS: Number of Events
   LABL_PTR_1: priority_label
   SCALETYP: linear
   UNITS: " "
diff --git a/imap_processing/cdf/config/imap_codice_l2-lo-direct-events_variable_attrs.yaml b/imap_processing/cdf/config/imap_codice_l2-lo-direct-events_variable_attrs.yaml
index 863709568..8fabd2196 100644
--- a/imap_processing/cdf/config/imap_codice_l2-lo-direct-events_variable_attrs.yaml
+++ b/imap_processing/cdf/config/imap_codice_l2-lo-direct-events_variable_attrs.yaml
@@ -77,6 +77,7 @@ num_events:
   FIELDNAM: Number of Events
   FILLVAL: *uint16_fillval
   FORMAT: I5
+  LABLAXIS: Number of Events
   LABL_PTR_1: priority_label
   SCALETYP: linear
   UNITS: " "
diff --git a/imap_processing/tests/cdf/test_imap_cdf_manager.py b/imap_processing/tests/cdf/test_imap_cdf_manager.py
index 86985a8c7..1b5a6f741 100644
--- a/imap_processing/tests/cdf/test_imap_cdf_manager.py
+++ b/imap_processing/tests/cdf/test_imap_cdf_manager.py
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 from pathlib import Path
 
+import pytest
+
 # from imap_processing.cdf.cdf_attribute_manager import CdfAttributeManager
 from imap_processing.cdf.imap_cdf_manager import ImapCdfAttributes
 
@@ -50,3 +52,14 @@ def test_add_instrument_variable_attrs():
         == "Time, number of nanoseconds since J2000 with leap seconds included"
     )
     assert instrument2_instrument["UNITS"] == "ns"
+
+
+@pytest.mark.parametrize("level", ["l2-lo-direct-events", "l2-hi-direct-events"])
+def test_codice_direct_events_num_events_axis_label(level):
+    """Ensure the one-dimensional num_events spectrogram uses an axis label."""
+    attributes = ImapCdfAttributes()
+    attributes.add_instrument_variable_attrs("codice", level)
+
+    num_events_attrs = attributes.get_variable_attributes("num_events")
+
+    assert num_events_attrs["LABLAXIS"] == "Number of Events"
diff --git a/poetry.lock b/poetry.lock
index bba858f46..2bdaea299 100644
--- a/poetry.lock
+++ b/poetry.lock
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# This file is automatically @generated by Poetry 2.3.4 and should not be changed by hand.
+# This file is automatically @generated by Poetry 2.4.1 and should not be changed by hand.
 
 [[package]]
 name = "accessible-pygments"
@@ -1898,13 +1898,13 @@ files = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "sammi-cdf"
-version = "1.0.0"
-description = "A Python package to support metadata attriubte management for Space Weather data processing pipelines."
+version = "1.1.0"
+description = "A Python package to support metadata attribute management for Space Weather data processing pipelines."
 optional = false
 python-versions = ">=3.9"
 groups = ["main"]
 files = [
-    {file = "sammi_cdf-1.0.0.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:dec77b2d2ae45dae32540f7db7b74b4444d22e73ce3e0e346342f36360f02f89"},
+    {file = "sammi_cdf-1.1.0.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:bca307d08fe734235bafcdecae70288c3384a20f0e906eba1cf561cfd18e1d03"},
 ]
 
 [package.dependencies]
@@ -2428,4 +2428,4 @@ tools = ["openpyxl", "pandas"]
 [metadata]
 lock-version = "2.1"
 python-versions = ">=3.10,<3.13"
-content-hash = "dc258d9186f0ec542145c7ed4509781ad87b789cc23a5e8cb0acf2e3ee811d18"
+content-hash = "3eb041e4ac28d41a31428549d80f8c2bc2961877588d80a443396d72827957c2"
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index c2522d9f8..a199329f3 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ dependencies = [
     "spiceypy>=6.0.0",
     "xarray>=2024.10.0,<2026",
     "numpy>=2,<3",
-    "sammi-cdf>=1.0,<2",
+    "sammi-cdf>=1.0.2,<2",
     "scipy>=1.13,<2"
 ]