diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index ca6dd58689..8a48cbb3f4 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ EbookLib==0.15
 entrypoints==0.3
 idna==2.8
 ipykernel==5.1.0
-ipython==7.2.0
+ipython==7.16.3
 ipython-genutils==0.2.0
 ipywidgets==7.4.2
 jedi==0.13.2