diff --git a/Pipfile b/Pipfile
index c6bd18f4..7259a83a 100644
--- a/Pipfile
+++ b/Pipfile
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ requests-toolbelt = "==1.0.0"
 pytest = "==8.3.2"
 coverage = "==7.6.1"
 pytest-cov = "==5.0.0"
-ipython = "==8.26.0"
+ipython = "==8.29.0"
 pytest-asyncio = "==0.23.8"
 # currently for design/experiments/store_mongo.py
 pymongo = "==4.8.0"
diff --git a/Pipfile.lock b/Pipfile.lock
index 1b6419a8..351dffeb 100644
--- a/Pipfile.lock
+++ b/Pipfile.lock
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
     "_meta": {
         "hash": {
-            "sha256": "ed18b574bba0a525372bfad99b9ffaeea39442d9f3832ee7465cbe668c86f401"
+            "sha256": "3dca8e083690b8b99f858a44ebe38b5090d9c39aad603af83927f40990783528"
         },
         "pipfile-spec": 6,
         "requires": {
@@ -2073,11 +2073,11 @@
         },
         "executing": {
             "hashes": [
-                "sha256:35afe2ce3affba8ee97f2d69927fa823b08b472b7b994e36a52a964b93d16147",
-                "sha256:eac49ca94516ccc753f9fb5ce82603156e590b27525a8bc32cce8ae302eb61bc"
+                "sha256:8d63781349375b5ebccc3142f4b30350c0cd9c79f921cde38be2be4637e98eaf",
+                "sha256:8ea27ddd260da8150fa5a708269c4a10e76161e2496ec3e587da9e3c0fe4b9ab"
             ],
-            "markers": "python_version >= '3.5'",
-            "version": "==2.0.1"
+            "markers": "python_version >= '3.8'",
+            "version": "==2.1.0"
         },
         "fonttools": {
             "hashes": [
@@ -2137,12 +2137,12 @@
         },
         "ipython": {
             "hashes": [
-                "sha256:1cec0fbba8404af13facebe83d04436a7434c7400e59f47acf467c64abd0956c",
-                "sha256:e6b347c27bdf9c32ee9d31ae85defc525755a1869f14057e900675b9e8d6e6ff"
+                "sha256:0188a1bd83267192123ccea7f4a8ed0a78910535dbaa3f37671dca76ebd429c8",
+                "sha256:40b60e15b22591450eef73e40a027cf77bd652e757523eebc5bd7c7c498290eb"
             ],
             "index": "pypi",
             "markers": "python_version >= '3.10'",
-            "version": "==8.26.0"
+            "version": "==8.29.0"
         },
         "jedi": {
             "hashes": [
@@ -2497,11 +2497,11 @@
         },
         "prompt-toolkit": {
             "hashes": [
-                "sha256:0d7bfa67001d5e39d02c224b663abc33687405033a8c422d0d675a5a13361d10",
-                "sha256:1e1b29cb58080b1e69f207c893a1a7bf16d127a5c30c9d17a25a5d77792e5360"
+                "sha256:d6623ab0477a80df74e646bdbc93621143f5caf104206aa29294d53de1a03d90",
+                "sha256:f49a827f90062e411f1ce1f854f2aedb3c23353244f8108b89283587397ac10e"
             ],
             "markers": "python_full_version >= '3.7.0'",
-            "version": "==3.0.47"
+            "version": "==3.0.48"
         },
         "ptyprocess": {
             "hashes": [
@@ -2761,7 +2761,7 @@
                 "sha256:04e5ca0351e0f3f85c6853954072df659d0d13fac324d0072316b67d7794700d",
                 "sha256:1a7ead55c7e559dd4dee8856e3a88b41225abfe1ce8df57b7c13915fe121ffb8"
             ],
-            "markers": "python_version >= '3.8'",
+            "markers": "python_version < '3.12'",
             "version": "==4.12.2"
         },
         "wcwidth": {