diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index c09ecf8..3de00cf 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ incremental==17.5.0
 intervaltree==2.1.0
 ipdb==0.11
 ipykernel==4.8.2
-ipython==6.3.1
+ipython==7.16.3
 ipython-genutils==0.2.0
 ipywidgets==7.2.1
 itchat==1.3.10