diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 6f65cb7..e2fc665 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ future==0.17.1
 h5py==2.9.0
 hdmf==1.1.2
 idna==2.8
-ipython==7.6.1
+ipython==7.16.3
 ipython-genutils==0.2.0
 jedi==0.14.0
 minio==4.0.18