diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 2ac6cc5..7396dab 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ classifiers = [
 ]
 dependencies = [
     "deepface",
-    "ipywidgets ==8.0.0rc1",
+    "ipywidgets >=8",
     "pooch",
     "retina-face",
     "google-cloud-vision",
diff --git a/requirements-dev.txt b/requirements-dev.txt
index 998a2e5..8061b3a 100644
--- a/requirements-dev.txt
+++ b/requirements-dev.txt
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 deepface
-ipywidgets==8.0.0rc1
+ipywidgets>=8
 pooch
 retina-face
 opencv-python
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 83695ed..4823307 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 deepface
-ipywidgets==8.0.0rc1
+ipywidgets>=8
 pooch
 retina-face
 google-cloud-vision
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