diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 2b8222d0..29ea1ced 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ django-gravatar==0.1.0
 django-registration==2.4
 html2text==2014.9.25
 html5lib==1.0b3
-ipython==2.3.0
+ipython==7.16.3
 lamson==1.3.4
 lockfile==0.10.2
 markdown2==2.3.0