diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -2,6 +2,10 @@
 
 pandoc-plot uses [Semantic Versioning](http://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.html)
 
+## Release 1.6.1
+
+* Fixed an issue where figure attributes were lost, which prevent other filters (e.g. pandoc-crossref) from working in conjunction with pandoc-plot.
+
 ## Release 1.6.0
 
 * Support for pandoc 3. Support for older pandoc version has also been dropped (pandoc 2.19 and earlier).
diff --git a/pandoc-plot.cabal b/pandoc-plot.cabal
--- a/pandoc-plot.cabal
+++ b/pandoc-plot.cabal
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 cabal-version:  2.2
 name:           pandoc-plot
-version:        1.6.0
+version:        1.6.1
 synopsis:       A Pandoc filter to include figures generated from code blocks using your plotting toolkit of choice.
 description:    A Pandoc filter to include figures generated from code blocks. 
                 Keep the document and code in the same location. Output is 
@@ -18,7 +18,8 @@
                 GHC == 9.0.1, 
                 GHC == 9.0.1, 
                 GHC == 9.2.1, 
-                GHC == 9.2.2
+                GHC == 9.2.2,
+                GHC == 9.4.4
 extra-source-files:
     CHANGELOG.md
     LICENSE
diff --git a/src/Text/Pandoc/Filter/Plot/Embed.hs b/src/Text/Pandoc/Filter/Plot/Embed.hs
--- a/src/Text/Pandoc/Filter/Plot/Embed.hs
+++ b/src/Text/Pandoc/Filter/Plot/Embed.hs
@@ -33,9 +33,12 @@
 import Text.Pandoc.Builder as Builder
   ( Inlines,
     fromList,
-    simpleFigureWith,
+    figureWith,
+    imageWith,
+    plain,
     link,
     str,
+    simpleCaption,
     toList,
   ) 
 import Text.Pandoc.Class (runPure)
@@ -79,7 +82,9 @@
   PlotM Block
 figure as fp caption' =
   return . head . toList $
-    simpleFigureWith as caption' (pack fp) mempty
+    -- We want the attributes both on the Figure element and the contained Image element
+    -- so that pandoc-plot plays nice with pandoc-crossref and other filters
+    figureWith as (simpleCaption (plain caption')) $ plain $ imageWith mempty (pack fp) mempty caption'
 
 -- TODO: also add the case where SVG plots can be
 --       embedded in HTML output
diff --git a/tests/Common.hs b/tests/Common.hs
--- a/tests/Common.hs
+++ b/tests/Common.hs
@@ -341,6 +341,32 @@
       assertBool "" (expectedCheck result)
     assertChecksFail _ = assertEqual "Test skipped" True True
 
+-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+-- Test that Markdown bold formatting in captions is correctly rendered
+testAttributesPreservedOnFigure :: Toolkit -> TestTree
+testAttributesPreservedOnFigure tk =
+  testCase "preserves code block attributes and sets them on the Figure element" $ do
+    let postfix = unpack . cls $ tk
+    tempDir <- (</> "test-preserved-attrs-" <> postfix) <$> getTemporaryDirectory
+    ensureDirectoryExistsAndEmpty tempDir
+
+    -- Note that this test is fragile, in the sense that the expected result must be carefully
+    -- constructed
+    let expectedAttrs = ("hello", [cls tk], [("key1", "val1"), ("key2", "val2")])
+        cb = setAttrs expectedAttrs $
+              addDirectory tempDir $
+                addCaption "[title](https://google.com)" $
+                  codeBlock tk (trivialContent tk)
+        fmt = B.Format "markdown"
+    Figure (id', _, keyvals) _ _ <- runPlotM Nothing (defaultTestConfig { captionFormat = fmt
+                                                                        , defaultDirectory = tempDir
+                                                                        }) $ make cb
+    let (expectedId, _, expectedKeyVals) = expectedAttrs
+    assertEqual "identifier" expectedId id'
+    assertEqual "key-value pairs" expectedKeyVals keyvals
+  where
+    extractCaption (B.Figure _ (Caption _ caption) _) = caption 
+
 codeBlock :: Toolkit -> Script -> Block
 codeBlock tk script = CodeBlock (mempty, [cls tk], mempty) script
 
@@ -387,6 +413,9 @@
 addWithSource :: Bool -> Block -> Block
 addWithSource yn (CodeBlock (id', cls, attrs) script) =
   CodeBlock (id', cls, attrs ++ [(tshow WithSourceK, pack . show $ yn)]) script
+
+setAttrs :: Attr -> Block -> Block
+setAttrs attrs (CodeBlock _ script) = CodeBlock attrs script
 
 -- | Assert that a file exists
 assertFileExists :: HasCallStack => FilePath -> Assertion
diff --git a/tests/Main.hs b/tests/Main.hs
--- a/tests/Main.hs
+++ b/tests/Main.hs
@@ -58,6 +58,7 @@
       testOverrideConfiguration,
       testMarkdownFormattingCaption1,
       testMarkdownFormattingCaption2,
+      testAttributesPreservedOnFigure,
       testCleanOutputDirs,
       testChecksFail
     ]