diff --git a/exasol_script_languages_developer_sandbox/runtime/ansible/roles/jupyter/files/requirements_jupyter.txt b/exasol_script_languages_developer_sandbox/runtime/ansible/roles/jupyter/files/requirements_jupyter.txt
index 346555d2..56f9a829 100644
--- a/exasol_script_languages_developer_sandbox/runtime/ansible/roles/jupyter/files/requirements_jupyter.txt
+++ b/exasol_script_languages_developer_sandbox/runtime/ansible/roles/jupyter/files/requirements_jupyter.txt
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 jupyterlab==3.4.3
 # enable interactive Javascript widgets in the notebooks
 widgetsnbextension==4.0.9
-ipywidgets==7.7.1
+ipywidgets==8.1.1
 pexpect==4.8.0
 pyexasol==0.16.1