diff --git a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/backend/requirements.txt b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/backend/requirements.txt
index 6c8a421d..d3f7305f 100644
--- a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/backend/requirements.txt
+++ b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/backend/requirements.txt
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ fastapi==0.61.0
 celery==4.4.7
 redis==3.5.3
 httpx==0.14.2
-ipython==7.17.0
+ipython==7.18.1
 itsdangerous==1.1.0
 Jinja2==2.11.2
 psycopg2==2.8.5