diff --git a/requirements_py27_dev.txt b/requirements_py27_dev.txt
index 1a293f4..d41d9eb 100644
--- a/requirements_py27_dev.txt
+++ b/requirements_py27_dev.txt
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ gnureadline==6.3.3
 html5lib==0.9999999
 imagesize==0.7.1
 ipykernel==4.5.2
-ipython==5.1.0
+ipython==7.16.3
 ipython-genutils==0.1.0
 ipywidgets==5.2.2
 isort==4.2.5
diff --git a/requirements_py3_dev.txt b/requirements_py3_dev.txt
index d1c99f0..8e190f6 100644
--- a/requirements_py3_dev.txt
+++ b/requirements_py3_dev.txt
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ gnureadline==6.3.3
 html5lib==0.9999999
 imagesize==0.7.1
 ipykernel==4.5.2
-ipython==5.1.0
+ipython==7.16.3
 ipython-genutils==0.1.0
 ipywidgets==5.2.2
 isort==4.2.5