diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 9ec3c033..fd574c4c 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -2,6 +2,10 @@
 
 ## NEXT RELEASE
 
+### Bug Fixes
+
+* Pins `ipython<8.0.0` because of breaking changes. Thanks @utkarshgupta137
+
 ## 0.19.1
 
 ### Bug Fixes
diff --git a/hdijupyterutils/setup.py b/hdijupyterutils/setup.py
index 843f92a6..08394286 100644
--- a/hdijupyterutils/setup.py
+++ b/hdijupyterutils/setup.py
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ def version(path):
         "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.7",
     ],
     install_requires=[
-        "ipython>=4.0.2",
+        "ipython>=4.0.2,<8",
         "nose",
         "mock",
         "ipywidgets>5.0.0",