diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index eeafa2ce..363395d0 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ gunicorn==19.9.0
 httplib2==0.9.2
 ipaddress==1.0.16
 ipaddr==2.1.11
-ipython==5.3.0
+ipython==7.16.3
 json-delta==2.0
 json-spec[ip]==0.10.1
 junos-eznc==2.5.3
diff --git a/requirements_docs.txt b/requirements_docs.txt
index 2d0169c4..03cab248 100644
--- a/requirements_docs.txt
+++ b/requirements_docs.txt
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ enum==0.4.6
 gunicorn==19.9.0
 httplib2==0.9.2
 ipaddress==1.0.16
-ipython==5.3.0
+ipython==7.16.3
 json-delta==2.0
 json-spec[ip]==0.10.1
 kombu==3.0.37