diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 6a2e54ea..78daec5f 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ enum34==1.1.6
 etherpad-lite==0.2.1
 html5lib==1.0b8
 idna==2.8
-ipython==5.8.0
+ipython==7.16.3
 ipython-genutils==0.2.0
 iso8601==0.1.12
 isodate==0.5.4