diff --git a/python/pyproject.toml b/python/pyproject.toml
index d359882224c6..4a8d9a972454 100644
--- a/python/pyproject.toml
+++ b/python/pyproject.toml
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ mongo = [
     "motor >= 3.3.2,< 3.8.0"
 ]
 notebooks = [
-    "ipykernel ~= 6.29"
+    "ipykernel >= 6.29,< 8.0"
 ]
 ollama = [
     "ollama ~= 0.4"
@@ -161,7 +161,7 @@ weaviate = [
 prerelease = "if-necessary-or-explicit"
 dev-dependencies = [
     "pre-commit ~= 3.7",
-    "ipykernel ~= 6.29",
+    "ipykernel >= 6.29,< 8.0",
     "nbconvert ~= 7.16",
     "pytest ~= 8.2",
     "pytest-xdist[psutil] ~= 3.6",