diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 744c55d..d0ce0f2 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [project.optional-dependencies]
 dev = [
-    "ipython>=7.0.0,<10.0.0",
+    "ipython>=8.39.0,<10.0.0",
     "pre-commit>=2.0.0,<5.0.0",
     "tox>=4.23.2,<5.0.0",
     "networksim[test]",