diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 6b9dd82ccb..611339288a 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ folium
 gdown
 geojson
 geopandas
-ipyevents>=0.8.0
+ipyevents>=2.0.4
 ipyfilechooser
 ipyleaflet
 ipyvue>=1.12.0