diff --git a/bender_service/requirements.txt b/bender_service/requirements.txt
index dae4ce7..6ad3dd7 100644
--- a/bender_service/requirements.txt
+++ b/bender_service/requirements.txt
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ djangorestframework==3.5.3
 gevent==1.2.1
 gunicorn==19.6.0
 ipdb==0.10.2
-ipython==5.1.0
+ipython==7.16.3
 mock==2.0.0
 numpy==1.12.0
 psycopg2==2.6.2