diff --git a/doc/changes/dev/13708.bugfix.rst b/doc/changes/dev/13708.bugfix.rst
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..3137c690a25
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc/changes/dev/13708.bugfix.rst
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Fix axis label overlap in :func:`~mne.viz.plot_volume_source_estimates` by replacing ``canvas.draw()`` with ``canvas.draw_idle()``, by :newcontrib:`Famous077`.
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diff --git a/mne/viz/_3d.py b/mne/viz/_3d.py
index 080fb69d71f..5dd6f975037 100644
--- a/mne/viz/_3d.py
+++ b/mne/viz/_3d.py
@@ -2870,7 +2870,7 @@ def _press(event, params):
     elif event.key == "shift+right":
         idx = min(params["stc"].shape[1] - 1, idx + 10)
     _update_timeslice(idx, params)
-    params["fig"].canvas.draw()
+    params["fig"].canvas.draw_idle()
 
 
 def _update_timeslice(idx, params):
@@ -2921,7 +2921,7 @@ def _onclick(event, params, verbose=None):
     else:
         params["ax_time"].lines[0].set_ydata([0.0])
     _update_vertlabel(loc_idx, params)
-    params["fig"].canvas.draw()
+    params["fig"].canvas.draw_idle()
 
 
 def _cut_coords_to_idx(cut_coords, dist_to_verts):