diff --git a/external-worker/requirements.txt b/external-worker/requirements.txt
index 129f62e..4616a14 100644
--- a/external-worker/requirements.txt
+++ b/external-worker/requirements.txt
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ external-task-api-client==2.0.0
 future==0.17.1
 idna==2.8
 ipykernel==5.1.1
-ipython==7.7.0
+ipython==7.16.3
 ipython-genutils==0.2.0
 ipywidgets==7.5.0
 jedi==0.14.1