diff --git a/backend/requirements.txt b/backend/requirements.txt
index 0ad81af..898d0a8 100644
--- a/backend/requirements.txt
+++ b/backend/requirements.txt
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ decorator==4.2.1
 enum34==1.1.6
 gviz-api==1.9.0
 h5py==2.7.1
-ipython==5.6.0
+ipython==7.16.3
 ipython-genutils==0.2.0
 kiwisolver==1.0.1
 matplotlib==2.2.2