diff --git a/bqplot/_version.py b/bqplot/_version.py
index 0f3e853fd..7bee46df4 100644
--- a/bqplot/_version.py
+++ b/bqplot/_version.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-version_info = (0, 12, 40, 'final', 0)
+version_info = (0, 12, 41, 'final', 0)
 
 _specifier_ = {'alpha': 'a', 'beta': 'b', 'candidate': 'rc', 'final': ''}
 
diff --git a/js/package.json b/js/package.json
index 2547d1fba..e9a9d4c03 100644
--- a/js/package.json
+++ b/js/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "bqplot",
-  "version": "0.5.41",
+  "version": "0.5.42",
   "description": "bqplot",
   "keywords": [
     "jupyter",
diff --git a/js/src/LinearScaleModel.ts b/js/src/LinearScaleModel.ts
index e1d50cb07..c5f8f2b25 100644
--- a/js/src/LinearScaleModel.ts
+++ b/js/src/LinearScaleModel.ts
@@ -78,6 +78,17 @@ export class LinearScaleModel extends ScaleModel {
 
   update_domain() {
     const that = this;
+    // if all domains are empty, we reset to the default domain of (0, 1)
+    if (
+      _.every(this.domains, (d) => {
+        return d.length === 0;
+      })
+    ) {
+      this.domain = this.reverse ? [1, 0] : [0, 1];
+      this.trigger('domain_changed', this.domain);
+      return;
+    }
+
     const min = !this.min_from_data
       ? this.min
       : d3.min(
diff --git a/ui-tests/tests/bqplot.test.ts-snapshots/dark-lines-update-ipynb-cell-12-linux.png b/ui-tests/tests/bqplot.test.ts-snapshots/dark-lines-update-ipynb-cell-12-linux.png
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index 000000000..7334d7268
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diff --git a/ui-tests/tests/bqplot.test.ts-snapshots/light-lines-update-ipynb-cell-12-linux.png b/ui-tests/tests/bqplot.test.ts-snapshots/light-lines-update-ipynb-cell-12-linux.png
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index 000000000..9d781d8f4
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diff --git a/ui-tests/tests/bqplot.test.ts-snapshots/light-lines-update-ipynb-cell-13-linux.png b/ui-tests/tests/bqplot.test.ts-snapshots/light-lines-update-ipynb-cell-13-linux.png
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index 000000000..054f2e46f
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diff --git a/ui-tests/tests/notebooks/lines_update.ipynb b/ui-tests/tests/notebooks/lines_update.ipynb
index df1b22b58..cd74b9ca4 100644
--- a/ui-tests/tests/notebooks/lines_update.ipynb
+++ b/ui-tests/tests/notebooks/lines_update.ipynb
@@ -138,6 +138,26 @@
    "source": [
     "lines.labels_visibility = 'label'"
    ]
+  },
+  {
+   "cell_type": "code",
+   "execution_count": null,
+   "id": "7444d361-f8f3-4641-88ef-fbe84450bfb3",
+   "metadata": {},
+   "outputs": [],
+   "source": [
+    "lines.x, lines.y = [], []"
+   ]
+  },
+  {
+   "cell_type": "code",
+   "execution_count": null,
+   "id": "481f09e7-f7a9-4393-8388-a608b216ef41",
+   "metadata": {},
+   "outputs": [],
+   "source": [
+    "lines.x, lines.y = np.arange(len(y1)), [y1, y2, y3, y4]"
+   ]
   }
  ],
  "metadata": {