diff --git a/.ci_support/environment.yml b/.ci_support/environment.yml
index 0497e69..98fb14e 100644
--- a/.ci_support/environment.yml
+++ b/.ci_support/environment.yml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ dependencies:
 - coveralls
 - coverage
 - codacy-coverage
-- ipywidgets =8.1.1
+- ipywidgets =8.1.2
 - pyiron_base =0.7.5
 - pyiron_atomistics =0.4.14
 - maggma =0.60.2
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 5ec0e84..814fe59 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@
     install_requires=[
         'pyiron_base==0.7.5',
         'pyiron_atomistics==0.4.14',
-        'ipywidgets==8.1.1',
+        'ipywidgets==8.1.2',
         'matplotlib==3.8.2',
         'nbconvert==7.16.0',
         'nbformat==5.9.2',