diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 3f80dd5e..ddfb6ab6 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ blosc==1.11.1                                      # Strax dependency
 bokeh==2.4.3
 boltons==21.0.0
 codenamize==1.2.3                                  # for human-readable hashing
+comm==0.1.3
 commentjson==0.9.0                                 # Straxen dependency
 coveralls==3.3.1
 cython==0.29.32
@@ -24,6 +25,7 @@ iminuit==2.18.0
 ipympl==0.9.2                                      # For online monitoring
 ipywidgets==8.0.6                                  # For online monitoring
 ipykernel==6.22.0                               # For ipywidgets 
+ipython==8.12.1
 git+https://github.com/XENONnT/inference_interface@v0.0.0
 jedi==0.17.2                                       # upgrading to 0.18.0 breaks autocomplete in ipython
 jupyter==1.0.0