diff --git a/bec_ipython_client/pyproject.toml b/bec_ipython_client/pyproject.toml
index 8a89b2b7c..783c336e2 100644
--- a/bec_ipython_client/pyproject.toml
+++ b/bec_ipython_client/pyproject.toml
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ classifiers = [
 ]
 dependencies = [
     "bec-lib~=3.0",
-    "ipython~=8.22",
+    "ipython>=8.22,<10.0",
     "numpy>=1.24, <3.0",
     "pyepics~=3.5",
     "requests~=2.31",