diff --git a/backend/requirements.txt b/backend/requirements.txt
index cc2cbf2..522948f 100644
--- a/backend/requirements.txt
+++ b/backend/requirements.txt
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ djangorestframework==3.7.7
 djangorestframework-jwt==1.11.0
 httpie==0.9.9
 idna==2.6
-ipython==6.2.1
+ipython==7.16.3
 ipython-genutils==0.2.0
 jedi==0.11.1
 parso==0.1.1