diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 1fe481744f0..3d593956d42 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -445,7 +445,7 @@ tqdm==4.70.0
     # via
     #   qcodes (pyproject.toml)
     #   qcodes
-traitlets==5.16.0
+traitlets==5.16.1
     # via
     #   ipykernel
     #   ipython