diff --git a/backend/requirements.txt b/backend/requirements.txt
index fcbc00e657..b54caffa53 100644
--- a/backend/requirements.txt
+++ b/backend/requirements.txt
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ HeapDict==1.0.1
 idna==2.7
 importlib-metadata==1.3.0
 ipykernel==5.1.4
-ipython==7.13.0
+ipython==7.16.3
 ipython-genutils==0.2.0
 ipywidgets==7.5.1
 jedi==0.16.0