diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 33fd1440..30313913 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ httpx>=0.23.0, <1.0.0
 idna>=3.15  # (sec vuln) transitive dependency via various
 ipython>=8.39.0; python_version <= '3.10'
 ipython>=9.13.0; python_version >= '3.11'
-ipywidgets>=7.4.2, <9.0.0
+ipywidgets>=8.1.8, <9.0.0
 jaraco.context>=6.1.0  # (sec vuln) transitive dependency via keyring
 jinja2>=3.1.6  # (sec vuln) transitive dependency via multiple packages
 keyring>=13.2.1