diff --git a/backend/requirements.txt b/backend/requirements.txt
index cacef69..f672bb7 100644
--- a/backend/requirements.txt
+++ b/backend/requirements.txt
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ djangorestframework==3.7.7
 hyperlink==17.3.1
 idna==2.6
 incremental==17.5.0
-ipython==6.2.1
+ipython==7.16.3
 ipython-genutils==0.2.0
 jedi==0.11.1
 lxml==4.1.1