diff --git a/hera_corr_f/control_software/casperfpga/requirements.txt b/hera_corr_f/control_software/casperfpga/requirements.txt
index d4c873b..d13d56c 100644
--- a/hera_corr_f/control_software/casperfpga/requirements.txt
+++ b/hera_corr_f/control_software/casperfpga/requirements.txt
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ future==0.16.0
 futures==3.1.1
 idna==2.6
 imagesize==0.7.1
-ipython==5.3.0
+ipython==7.16.3
 ipython-genutils==0.2.0
 Jinja2==2.9.6
 katcp==0.6.2