diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index e09b5bf7e9..74c0c4e3c4 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ django-extensions >= 3.1.0
 inflect
 autobahn >= 17.9.3
 lunr == 0.5.6
+ipython >= 7.19.0
 
 # try to resolve dependency issue in py3.7
 attrs >= 19.2.0