diff --git a/environment.yml b/environment.yml
index ab10d8b7e0b20..46fb5e7a19078 100644
--- a/environment.yml
+++ b/environment.yml
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ dependencies:
   - blosc
   - bottleneck>=1.2.1
   - ipykernel
-  - ipython>=5.6.0
+  - ipython>=5.6.0,<=7.10.1 # see gh-30527
   - jinja2  # pandas.Styler
   - matplotlib>=2.2.2  # pandas.plotting, Series.plot, DataFrame.plot
   - numexpr>=2.6.8
diff --git a/requirements-dev.txt b/requirements-dev.txt
index 4df0946ac0078..9f18bf767ae56 100644
--- a/requirements-dev.txt
+++ b/requirements-dev.txt
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ pip
 blosc
 bottleneck>=1.2.1
 ipykernel
-ipython>=5.6.0
+ipython>=5.6.0,<=7.10.1
 jinja2
 matplotlib>=2.2.2
 numexpr>=2.6.8